UN specialists continue patient interviews at Labbafi-Nejad

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.

Iran charged that Iraq used chemical weapons in the Baneh and Sardasht areas on 21 April, injuring people. The UN Yearbook records this claim and further disputes over reported attacks on villages...

The mission reached the Baneh area by helicopter but cancelled the landing for safety reasons. Restricted access limited direct examination of alleged attack sites.

UN specialists visited Abali Military Base near Tehran to examine weapon debris transported from the southwestern war zone, using an alternative location for evidence assessment.

The mission examined patients at Baghdad’s Al Rasheed Military Hospital and inspected fragments returned from the Basra war zone, investigating Iraqi complaints alongside Iranian evidence.

After a dust storm delayed travel, UN specialists surveyed five sites east of Basra and visited Basra Military Hospital, extending their inquiry to Iraq’s war-zone evidence.