In a statement issued on the day the Chemical Weapons Treaty came into effect, Esmaeir Bagii, a spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the Iranian state represents a global consensus to prevent the recurrence of abuses against Iranian soldiers and civilians through the chemical warfare of the 1980s.
“To uncover the truth is a prerequisite for achieving justice. Shedding light on the role of those who provided the materials and technologies used in Saddam’s Chemical Weapons Program remains a serious item on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ agenda,” Baghaei said.
He said Iran demanded that Germany inform the world of its role in arming Iraq with chemical weapons.
“Iran’s demands that Germany establish a mechanism for revealing the truth and informing both Iran and international public opinion about the role of arming Iraq with chemical weapons is a direct expression of that pursuit,” the spokesman added.
The Chemical Weapons Treaty, celebrated on April 29th, marks the groundbreaking achievements of international law aimed at preventing the spread and use of chemical weapons.
During the war of 1980-88, the Iraqi army repeatedly adopted chemical weapons against Iranian soldiers and civilians, leaving thousands and even more suffering to come. The former Iraqi regime used chemical weapons more than 500 times against Iranian military forces and civilians in five border states.
In these inhuman attacks a wide range of toxic chemicals, including mustard gas, nerve agents and suffocating agents, were used against Iranians, some of which were first used in the war.
MNA