Sardasht

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Sardasht is a Kurdish-populated city in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province, historically known for being one of the first civilian targets of large-scale chemical weapons attacks during the Iran–Iraq War.

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Sardasht canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
attackDate 1987-06-28
attackingCountry Iraq
attackType chemical weapons attack
capitalOf Sardasht County
chemicalAgentUsed sulfur mustard
climate mountainous
commemoratedBy annual ceremonies for chemical attack victims
conflict Iran–Iraq War
country Iran
countryAtTimeOfAttack Islamic Republic of Iran
linked to: Iran
countrySubdivision West Azerbaijan Province
demographicCharacteristic predominantly Kurdish population
ethnicMajority Kurds
geopoliticalContext border region between Iran and Iraq
governorateLevel county capital
hasInternationalLawRelevance example in discussions on prohibition of chemical weapons
hasLongTermIssue health problems among chemical attack survivors
hasMinorityGroup Assyrians
Azerbaijanis
hasMunicipalStatus city
hasStatus symbol of civilian suffering from chemical warfare
hasTypeOfViolenceExperienced weapons of mass destruction
historicallyKnownFor chemical weapons attack during the Iran–Iraq War
languageSpoken Kurdish
Persian
locatedIn Iran
West Azerbaijan Province
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Sardasht County
locatedInMountainRange Zagros Mountains
locatedInTimeZone Iran Standard Time
locatedOnContinent Asia
memorialType chemical attack memorials
nearBorderWith Iraq
notableFor being among the first cities where civilians were targeted with large-scale chemical weapons
officialLanguageOfCountry Persian
partOf Iranian Kurdistan
linked to: Kurdistan
populationGroup Kurdish
postalCountryCode IR
recognizedBy Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
region northwest Iran
linked to: northwestern Iran
religionMajority Sunni Islam
religionMinority Shia Islam
usesCurrency Iranian rial
utcOffset +3:30
utcOffsetDST +4:30
victimType civilians
wasTargetOf Iraqi chemical weapons attack

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Northwestern Iran hasMajorCity Sardasht
subject linked to: northwestern Iran