Halabja survivors and families visit Tehran Peace Museum

Tehran Peace Museum held its third humanitarian-law workshop with the ICRC and Iran’s national committee, discussing wartime protection and chemical weapons.

Jack Straw and Jeremy Corbyn joined British parliamentarians visiting Tehran Peace Museum. Survivor guides discussed their experiences and difficulties obtaining medical supplies.

Artists performing Playing Chess with Doomsday’s Machine visited Tehran Peace Museum and spoke with its volunteers. The play adapted Habib Ahmadzadeh’s wartime novel.

Researchers published a chemical-war victim quality-of-life assessment using a specific measurement tool. It added attention to survivors’ daily functioning beyond immediate battlefield injuries.

Visiting law lecturers and researchers met chemical-weapons survivors at Tehran Peace Museum and learned about lasting effects on health and the environment.

Tehran Peace Museum hosted a launch of Joost Hiltermann’s study of chemical warfare, bringing researchers and chemical-attack survivors into discussion.

A published study compared serum matrix metalloproteinase levels in chemical-injury patients and controls, investigating possible links with pulmonary disorders.

International peace activists met war veterans and chemical-attack survivors at Tehran Peace Museum before a humanitarian journey to Syria.

Two Iranian children received Hiroshima peace-drawing awards at Tehran Peace Museum, continuing its international peace-education exchanges.

UN resident coordinator Gary Lewis presented Tehran Peace Museum with a plaque recognizing its contribution to peace education and understanding of war’s consequences.