The report of the first use of nerve gases by the Iraqi Baathist regime against Khorramshahr city:

According to the published reports, Iraq in 1981 used chemical weapons four times in the mountainous areas of Allahu Akbar, Naderi Bridge and Khorramshahr; and the chemical rockets and missiles would be mostly fired by artilleries or mortars.

Dr. Seyed Abbas Foroutan in the valuable book "Iraq’s chemical warfare and its medical experiences," writes: With the beginning of winter in 1986, the military operation “Karbala 4”? took place in the southern war zones, a day after that we observed the Iraqi chemical attacks against Khorramshahr and Abadan. These chemical attacks had been launched with artilleries and aircrafts.

Major attacks took place around 8:30 AM on Friday of December 26, 1986 in a way that a cloud of mustard gases covered the whole war zone for a while.

Although about 2000 chemically injured patients were hosted in the Desert Hospital “Ali Ebn Abitaleb”?, but the majority of injuries were minor.

A chemical emergency which was constructed near Khorramshahr city also admitted about 70 injured patients who were mostly related to artilleries nerve and cyanide missiles which had been mainly hit near the public mosque of Khorramshahr.

In early 1381, the first attack with sarin nerve gas took place against Khorramshahr by MRLS missiles. It is necessary to be said that the fatality power of sarin is much more than Tabun.

The Expert committee of the United Nations investigated five special places in Khorramshahr. In the abovementioned investigation mustard gas existed at several places with a high concentration.

Some 122 mm rockets that had hit around Khorramshahr water treatment plant were also examined and the type of missiles was ground to ground. The recent missiles had been designed by a method which had made them a suitable container for carrying chemical gases.

It should be pointed out that the executed Iraqi dictator after the conquest of Khorramshahr by the Iranian brave men on 24th May, 1982 addressed his commanders as follows: “I wish you had been killed but you had not retreated, all of you are cowards, you all deserve to be executed, why you didn’t use chemical weapons against the Iranians?”?

One of the officials in response to his question says: "Sir, in this case, since the Iranian and Iraqis were close to each other it was possible that chemical weapons to kill the Iraqi soldiers as well.”?
And Saddam immediately replied: “No problem if your soldiers had died, it was not important; but it was important that Khorramshahr to remain under our control.”?

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According to the published reports, Iraq in 1981 used chemical weapons four times in the mountainous areas of Allahu Akbar, Naderi Bridge and Khorramshahr; and the chemical rockets and missiles would be mostly fired by artilleries or mortars. Dr. Seyed Abbas Foroutan in the valuable book "Iraq’s chemical warfare and its medical experiences," writes: With the beginning of winter in 1986, the military operation “Karbala 4”? took place in the southern war zones, a day after that we observed the Iraqi chemical attacks against Khorramshahr and Abadan. These chemical attacks had been launched with artilleries and aircrafts. Major attacks took place around 8:30 AM on Friday of December 26, 1986 in a way that a cloud of mustard gases covered the whole war zone for a while. Although about 2000 chemically injured patients were hosted in the Desert Hospital “Ali Ebn Abitaleb”?, but the majority of injuries were minor. A chemical emergency which was constructed near Khorramshahr city also admitted about 70 injured patients who were mostly related to artilleries nerve and cyanide missiles which had been mainly hit near the public mosque of Khorramshahr. In early 1381, the first attack with sarin nerve gas took place against Khorramshahr by MRLS missiles. It is necessary to be said that the fatality power of sarin is much more than Tabun. The Expert committee of the United Nations investigated five special places in Khorramshahr. In the abovementioned investigation mustard gas existed at several places with a high concentration. Some 122 mm rockets that had hit around Khorramshahr water treatment plant were also examined and the type of missiles was ground to ground. The recent missiles had been designed by a method which had made them a suitable container for carrying chemical gases. It should be pointed out that the executed Iraqi dictator after the conquest of Khorramshahr by the Iranian brave men on 24th May, 1982 addressed his commanders as follows: “I wish you had been killed but you had not retreated, all of you are cowards, you all deserve to be executed, why you didn’t use chemical weapons against the Iranians?”? One of the officials in response to his question says: "Sir, in this case, since the Iranian and Iraqis were close to each other it was possible that chemical weapons to kill the Iraqi soldiers as well.”? And Saddam immediately replied: “No problem if your soldiers had died, it was not important; but it was important that Khorramshahr to remain under our control.”? The Information Base of Chemical Weapons Victims The End