Iran (IMNA) - Marking the anniversary of the attack, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi said on Saturday that Sardasht was "not only a victim of chemical bombs; it was a victim of double standards and silence in the face of the countries (especially Germany, the US, the UK, and the Netherlands) that armed Saddam’s regime with these inhumane weapons and then turned a blind eye to the suffering of thousands of victims."
In a post on X, Gharibabadi stressed that Iran would continue efforts to hold those responsible accountable.
"We will seriously pursue the responsibility of the perpetrators of this crime," he wrote.
On July 28, 1987, Iraq’s air force under former dictator Saddam Hussein targeted four densely populated areas of Sardasht with chemical bombs. The attack killed 110 civilians and exposed about 8,000 others to toxic gases, leaving them poisoned and causing lifelong health consequences.
The chemical bombardment of Sardasht is widely regarded as one of the first documented instances in which chemical weapons were deliberately used against a civilian population. On July 28, 1987, Iraqi warplanes dropped chemical bombs on four residential districts of the northwestern Iranian city during the Iran-Iraq War. The attack killed 110 civilians, injured thousands more, and left approximately 8,000 people exposed to toxic agents. Many survivors continue to suffer from chronic respiratory illnesses, skin disorders, eye damage, and other long-term health complications nearly four decades after the attack.
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