Iran reports chemical bombing of villages near Baneh

Velayati urged Geneva Protocol signatories to reaffirm their obligations through a common announcement and called for collective controls on exports usable in chemical warfare.

Iran told the UN that Iraq had used chemical weapons three times since 7 April in the Karbala-8 theatre, wounding combatants. The UN Yearbook also records Iraqi counter-allegations about Iranian...

Iran alleged that chemical shells and rockets containing mustard gas were used on 10–11 April, causing deaths and injuries. Iraq made separate allegations concerning Iranian chemical use, underscoring...

Velayati requested a mandatory embargo on exports of chemical agents and related technology to Iraq, alongside an immediate UN investigation of alleged attacks affecting Iranian civilians.

Iraq alleged that Iranian forces used phosgene during attacks on the southern front on 10–11 April. The UN Yearbook records the claim as Iraq’s allegation; this entry preserves the dispute over...

Iran called on the UN specialist team visiting Iraq to inspect suspected chemical-weapons production facilities as well as investigate field attacks. The request broadened the dispute from battlefield...

The UN chemical-weapons mission arrived in Tehran, preparing hospital examinations, interviews and surveys of attack sites before continuing its inquiry in Iraq.

UN specialists visited Tehran University’s biochemical and biophysics research centre, then examined and interviewed patients at two Tehran hospitals, gathering scientific and clinical evidence.

The UN mission surveyed five Khorramshahr-area sites, examining weapon debris and craters to investigate chemical-weapons allegations through physical evidence.

The UN team attempted to reach Baneh for war-zone surveys but could not proceed beyond Hamadan because of bad weather. The planned site inspection did not take place.