Iran sends Halabja photographs to the Security Council record

Manuel Dominguez arrived in Tehran and began examining and interviewing patients, using clinical evidence to investigate Iran’s chemical-weapons allegations.

Tariq Aziz protested the UN spokesman’s 25 March statement, accused the organization of unequal treatment and repeated Iraqi allegations against Iran. These were Baghdad’s claims.

Dominguez examined and interviewed patients at Mofatteh Convalescence Centre and Loghman-al-Doleh Hospital, continuing the March inquiry into alleged chemical exposure.

The mission examined patients at Bakhtaran’s reception centre and observed and interviewed affected people in Nowdoshe and Nejmal, adding village-level evidence to its hospital work.

Velayati urged the disarmament conference to complete a comprehensive chemical-weapons convention and criticized the lack of effective preventive action after Halabja.

Aziz requested an immediate UN mission to Baghdad to examine soldiers allegedly injured in Iranian chemical attacks in the Halabja sector. The allegation required investigation.

Iraq fired missiles at several Iranian cities, including Isfahan. Iran struck the Iraqi ports of Umm Qasr and Basra as the urban exchange continued.

Iran voted in the first round of parliamentary elections during the war’s final spring. Rival factions within the Islamic Republic competed while military and economic pressures mounted.

Dominguez began examining and interviewing patients at Baghdad’s Al Rasheed Military Hospital after Iraq requested an inquiry. Examinations continued the following day.

A contemporary report described Tehran residents enduring alerts and queues for airline tickets. The account reveals attempts to leave and the strain of living under missile attack.