{"id":61066,"date":"2025-04-29T20:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T20:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/61066\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T20:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T20:07:08","slug":"iran-urges-germany-to-investigate-wartime-chemical-weapons-supply-to-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/61066\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran urges Germany to investigate wartime chemical weapons supply to Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei in a post on X has urged Germany on Tuesday to &#8220;establish a mechanism to uncover the truth&#8221; about its role in &#8220;arming Iraq with chemical weapons&#8221; during Saddam Hussein&#8217;s rule, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.Az<\/a> reports citing<a href=\"https:\/\/en.irna.ir\/news\/85818320\/Iran-calls-on-Germany-to-probe-wartime-supply-of-chemical-weapons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> IRNA.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Baqaei made the remarks on the anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention&#8217;s entry into effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRevealing the truth is the prerequisite for the realization of justice. Shedding light on the role of those who supplied materials and technologies used in Saddam\u2019s chemical weapons program remains a serious item on the Foreign Ministry\u2019s agenda,\u201d Baqaei said.<\/p>\n<p>He said Iran has demanded Germany inform the world of its role in arming Iraq with chemical weapons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran\u2019s demand that Germany establish a mechanism to uncover the truth and inform both Iranian and international public opinion about its role in arming Iraq with chemical weapons is a direct expression of that pursuit,\u201d the Foreign Ministry spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p>Commemorated on April 29, the Chemical Weapons Convention marks a landmark achievement in international law aimed at preventing the spread and use of chemical weapons.<\/p>\n<p>During the 1980\u201388 Iraq-Iran War, the Iraqi army repeatedly employed chemical weapons against Iranian soldiers and civilians, leaving tens of thousands dead and many more suffering for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>The former Iraqi regime used chemical weapons more than 500 times against Iranian forces and civilians in five border provinces.<\/p>\n<p>In these inhumane attacks, a wide range of toxic chemical agents, including mustard gas, nerve agents, and choking agents-were used against Iranians, some for the first time in warfare.<\/p>\n<p>At least 10,000 Iranians were killed, and more than 107,000 civilians, including women and children, were injured in attacks.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the most notorious incidents, the Saddam regime dropped mustard gas bombs on Sardasht, a small city in Iran\u2019s West Azarbaijan Province, on June 28, 1987. The attack killed at least 119 Iranian civilians and injured another 8,000, leaving some permanently disabled.<\/p>\n<p>Western countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Britain, France, and the United States, contributed to the Iraqi regime&#8217;s chemical weapons program at the time.<\/p>\n<p>German companies, in particular, played a significant and documented role in supplying Saddam Hussein\u2019s regime with chemical weapons technology and materials.<\/p>\n<p>Victims of these attacks continue to suffer to this day, with their plight compounded by ongoing Western sanctions that restrict access to medical supplies and equipment in Iran.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei in a post on X has urged Germany on Tuesday to &#8220;establish a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[31616,2000,299,1824,774,10470],"class_list":{"0":"post-61066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-chemical-weapons","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-germany","12":"tag-iran","13":"tag-iraq"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114423060446247562","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}