In the painful calendar of contemporary history, there are days that have become symbols of crimes against humanity. 28 June 1987 is one such day; the day when the smell of mustard gas descended from the sky upon the border town of Sardasht and suffocated life in the throats of […]
Chemical Bombing
Today, Saturday June 28, 2025, marks the anniversary of the chemical bombing of the city of Sardasht. At 4:00 PM on June 28, 1987, in the midst of the devastating and reactionary Iran-Iraq war, warplanes of the fascist Ba’athist regime of Iraq committed a heinous act by dropping chemical bombs […]
Thirty-seven years ago, on this very day, at exactly 11:35 AM, several bomber aircraft of the Ba’athist Iraqi regime, under the leadership of Saddam Hussein, circled over the small city of Halabja in Kurdistan. They dropped their first chemical bombs on children, women, men, the elderly, and the entire city. […]