UN mission examines war-zone debris at Abali Military Base

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.

The UN mission examined and interviewed patients at Labbafi-Nejad Hospital in Tehran and held discussions with Foreign Ministry officials while its field investigation continued.

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.

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.

The Secretary-General transmitted a four-specialist report on chemical-weapons allegations in the Iran-Iraq conflict. Its findings added independent international scrutiny to years of Iranian...

A Council statement cited repeated Iraqi chemical use against Iranian forces and chemical injuries to civilians in Iran. It also noted Iraqi military injuries from chemical agents.

Iran forwarded photographs said to show the effects of chemical weapons on residents, including children, in Alut village near Baneh. The submission formed part of Tehran’s campaign for...