A senior Iranian official has denounced Western human rights claims as “hole” throughout an emotional go to with victims of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons assaults, reigniting decades-old grievances about overseas complicity in Iraq’s WMD program.
Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s Deputy Overseas Minister for Authorized Affairs, visited chemical assault survivors at Tehran’s Sasan Hospital, the place he condemned ongoing Western hypocrisy.
“Seeing our chemical warfare veterans’ struggling burns my soul,” Gharibabadi posted on X.
“These residing martyrs expose the vacancy of human rights claims by nations like Germany – the primary enabler of Iraq’s chemical weapons program.”
The diplomat emphasised that point doesn’t erase Germany’s duty, referencing Iran’s proposed truth-finding mechanism about overseas roles in arming Saddam.
Through the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq Warfare, Western-backed Saddam Hussein’s forces repeatedly used chemical weapons in opposition to Iranian troopers and civilians, with over 100,000 Iranians struggling long-term results.
Declassified paperwork reveal German, Dutch and different Western firms equipped chemical compounds to Iraq’s weapons program.
Germany has beforehand acknowledged some firms violated export controls however maintains present governments can’t be held liable.
