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Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3564198.ece
Two Decades On, War Victims of Saddam Hussein's Gas Attacks Draw Their Last Breath
[Times-UK] Martin Fletcher - Although the Iran-Iraq war ended 18 years ago, at least 55,000 Iranians are now being treated for the effects of gas poisoning. A million Iranian soldiers and civilians may have been exposed to chemical agents during the 1980-88 conflict. Saddam Hussein launched more than 350 chemical weapon attacks. Iraq has since admitted using 1,800 tons of mustard gas and 740 tons of the highly toxic nerve agents sarin and tabun. It was the worst use of mustard gas since the First World War and the first use of nerve agents.