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	The Megillah of Tabriz
		Sardasht was one of the chosen few who accompanied Tabriz in his journeys and became responsible for overseeing the payment of all the workers and tradesmen.
		Sardasht thought that he heard a curtain rustle somewhere but could not be sure that it was not his imagination.
		Sardasht was constant in his devotion to the Emperor and wished to foster his success and that of the empire.
	www.btzedek.com /art/art001.html (8808 words)

	Sardasht - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sardasht (in Kurdish: Serdeşt, also Zerdeşt) is a city in Northwestern Iran with more than 50,000 inhabitants, [1] southwest of Lake Urmia about 1,300 metres above sea level.
		It was the first city in which civilians where attacked with chemical weapons by Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war.
		Sardasht is also known for the many villages around it and their reliability on the city's market.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sardasht (119 words)

	newsdesk.org : Remember us, too, say Iranians hit by chemicals
		It wasn't the treated mustard gas that vaporized instantly and seeped into the pores and lungs of a third of Sardasht's civilians, or the agony of the inhabitants who continue to die of respiratory and skin diseases.
		Sardasht's encounter with mustard gas began March 28, 1987, during a particularly intense period of fighting.
		In the immediate aftermath of the Sardasht attack, an estimated 110 citizens died, and as many as 6,000 were afflicted with chemical poisoning.
	www.artsandmedia.net /cgi-bin/dc/newsdesk/2004/07/14_iran_chemicals?t=print (1013 words)

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		The president referred to Sardasht chemical bombardment in 1987 and massacre of dozens of innocent men, women and children as a fl day in the case of Iraq's former dictator and his supporters.
		During the ceremony, the victims of Sardasht chemical bombardment, martyrs and those wounded by chemical weapons during the Sacred Defense Era were commemorated.
		The border town of Sardasht situated to the south of West Azarbaijan province was chemically bombarded several times by the of Iraq's Baathist regime in the afternoon of June 28, 1987.
	www.wilayahnetwork.com /news/print.asp?id=14032 (359 words)

	ASA Newsletter - PschoImpact
		A representative cross-section of 400 individuals, 69% male, 31% female was selected from among residents of Sardasht, confirmed to have been exposed to mustard agent as a result of the chemical attack of June 1987.
		The attack on Sardasht, as horrible as it was, provided a valuable opportunity to analyze the effects of sulfur mustard on an unprotected population.
		In Sardasht, a civil infrastructure existed which responded to the damage, and better documentation of the incident was conducted than, for instance, the massacre at Halabja in Iraq.
	www.asanltr.com /newsletter/04-3/articles/PsychoImpact.htm (1652 words)

	Millennium Ark: Hot News
		Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the seminar commemorating the martyrs of Sardasht chemical weapons, he said the Islamic Republic of Iran has endeavored to protect the legitimate rights of all victims of chemical weapons at the United Nations as well as Organization for Disarmament of Chemical Weapons.
		A number of victims of chemical weapons were sent to the Hague while we extended invitation to inspectors from different international organizations to inspect various parts of Iran and meet the victims of chemical weapons, he said.
		Some 113 civilians attained martyrdom during chemical assault on Sardasht region in 1987 and tens of thousands were injured in the attacks.
	www.millennium-ark.net /NEWS/06_World/060629.110.chem.cases.html (276 words)

	Iran Sardasht
		Sardasht township is located on the south western part of the province, on the international border with Iraq.
		The people of Sardasht believe that this city is the birthplace of Zoroaster, Iranian prophet.
		Its name was also attributed to Zoroaster which was changed to Sardasht after Islam.
	www.irantour.org /Iran/city/Sardasht.html (95 words)

	When Saddam Hangs He'Ll Die in Seconds. We Were His Mustard Gas Guinea Pigs Wecan Only Pray for Such an Easy Death - ...
		The mustard gas bombs dropped on Sardasht on Saddam Hussein's orders on June 28, 1987 were special they were engineered to ensure far greater suffering than the shells fired at soldiers in Ypres in World War I. Mustard gas its chemical name is 1,1-thiobis(2-chloroethane) works by burning any body tissue it comes into contact with.
		According to him, of the 5,000 people identified by the UN as suffering from the gas attacks on Sardasht, only a few hundred had been officially recognised until his group started working on their behalf.
		So, it is another bitter blow for the victims of Sardasht that, because they died from the effects of mustard gas rather than on the battlefield, they have been given no special status.
	www.redorbit.com /news/science/745832/when_saddam_hangs_hell_die_in_seconds_we_were_his/index.html?source=r_science (2859 words)

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		Sardasht is situated in the southwest of the province and near the borders of Iran and Iraq.
		It has natural beauty and the inhabitants of this area believe Sardasht to be the birthplace of Zoroater.
		This area was formerly known as Zartosht, whereas after the Arab invasion to Iran, the name changed to Sardasht.
	www.amintour.com /DesktopModules/Articles/ArticlesView.aspx?tabID=0&ItemID=908&mid=409 (54 words)

	Netwerk - Netwerk Archief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Het Iraanse dorpje Sardasht werd in 1987 vanuit Irak bestookt met mosterdgas.
		Sardasht was het eerste burgerdoel dat Saddam bestookte met gifgas.
		Verder was er een reportage vanuit het Koerdische stadje Halabja in Noord-Irak.
	www.netwerk.tv /index.jsp?p=items&r=deze_week&a=176634 (279 words)

	News :::: Baabeilm.com
		He termed the massacre of the people of Sardasht by chemical bombs as unprecedented in the history of world wars, and said it was the first time in the world that a city was attacked by chemical bombs by the aggressive forces.
		The border city of Sardasht, West Azarbaijan province, repeatedly came under chemical attacks on June 27, 1987 during which 110 people were martyred and other 6,000 wounded.
		Sardasht is the first city in the world to come under chemical weapons attack bombs and currently it has the highest number of chemically injured.
	www.baabeilm.com /baabnews/baabnews.asp?id=15567 (254 words)

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	Iran: 'Forgotten Victims' Of Saddam Hussein Era Await Justice - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hossein Mohammadian, a resident of Sardasht in Iran's Kurdistan, is among those victims.
		Sardasht came under chemical attack months before the March 1988 attack on the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja, which became a symbol of Saddam Hussein's brutality.
		"It was not the first time Sardasht was being attacked, but the difference was -- and it became clear later -- that it was a chemical attack," he says.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2006/12/E448BECE-DEF1-4C16-9051-75FA9552A4C8.html (1208 words)

	Sardasht Hotels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	Iran: 'Forgotten Victims' Of Saddam Hussein Era Await Justice
		But it is thought that about 1 million Iranians were exposed to mustard or nerve gas during the war.
		Mohammadian, now 46, is a senior member of a nongovernmental group that tries to help Sardasht's victims of chemical weapons.
		"Sardasht is the first city in the world to have been attacked with chemical weapons.
	www.payvand.com /news/06/dec/1005.html (964 words)

	The Chemical Victims of Iran: the forgotten casualties of the Iran-Iraq war
		Like many houses in Sardasht, on Iran’s border with Iraq, the Vahedi home was set behind walls with the rooms arranged around a central courtyard where trees laden with fruit overhung a small shallow pool.
		The mustard-gas bombs dropped on Sardasht on that afternoon were the first time a chemical weapon was used on a civilian town.
		So, it is another bitter irony for the victims of Sardasht that, because they died from the effects of mustard gas rather than on the battlefield, they have been given no special status.
	www.campaigniran.org /casmii/index.php?q=node/623/print (3312 words)

	Iran Opens Second TV Station Close to Iraqi Border - Technology - RedOrbit
		The opening of the TV station will solve the problems which around 20 per cent of the inhabitants of Sardasht faced and, up to now, were not able to receive the pictures of the first, second, third and fourth [national TV] networks properly.
		The Friday prayer leader of Sardasht, the governor and a group of officials of Sardasht and officials of the West Azarbayjan Centre of the Voice and Vision took part in the ceremony.
		Mr Shokrnia, the director-general of the West Azarbayjan Centre of the Voice and Vision, thanked the governor and the commander of the border regiment of Sardasht for their cooperation in the setting up of the TV station, and added: The people of Sardasht would be able to receive various TV channels via the station.
	www.redorbit.com /news/technology/348960/iran_opens_second_tv_station_close_to_iraqi_border/index.html (387 words)

	'Forgotten Victims' Of Saddam Hussein \| Huliq: Breaking News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A Special Smell: Sardasht came under chemical attack months before the March 1988 attack on the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja, which became a symbol of Saddam Hussein's brutality.
		"Even 20 years later, those who at the time of the attack were not seriously injured are slowly developing health problems." "It was not the first time Sardasht was being attacked, but the difference was -- and it became clear later -- that it was a chemical attack," he says.
		Lifetime Of Pain: Mohammadian, now 46, is a senior member of a nongovernmental group that tries to help Sardasht's victims of chemical weapons.
	www.huliq.com /427/forgotten-victims-of-saddam-hussein (988 words)

	Lebanonwire.com \| Survivors of nerve gas attack testify in Dutch Iraq genocide trial
		He was in a neighbouring village but his family was in Sardasht when the attack occurred.
		Molanpoor also got blisters on his hands as he tried to wash the chemicals off his children and still suffers from health problems as a result.
		Leila Marouf Zadeh, a social worker from Sardasht, testified that she saw Iraqi planes attacking her town, dropping something that looked yellow and smelled of garlic and rotten apples.
	www.lebanonwire.com /1205/05120121AFP.asp (573 words)

	Connects: the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One town was exposed to conventional low-intensity warfare, another was exposed to high-intensity warfare and the third, Sardasht, was exposed to both high-intensity warfare and chemical warfare.
		Those who were exposed to both high-intensity warfare and chemical weapons had significantly higher mental health disorders than did residents of the other two towns.
		Fifty-nine percent of Sardasht residents were found to have experienced PTSD in their lifetime.
	www.connects.org.uk /page.cfm?pageurl=news_view.cfm&titlebar=1&recno=434&returnrecno=421&newsid=10257&search_str= (484 words)

	Iran Daily - Front Page - 07/01/06
		One of the victims, Shadi Ahmadiyan said, “International law has explicitly banned chemical warfare and stipulates that those who commit this crime should be tried in international military courts as war criminals.“ Iranians, especially the residents of Sardasht, are the main victims of chemical weapons.
		Head of a special Society for Upholding the Rights of Sardasht Victims of Chemical Weapons said his group intends to expose though the Foreign Ministry in Tehran all those who procured and sold poison gas to Iraq and pave the way for their trial at the International Court of Justice.
		Sardasht was attacked by chemical weapons in four locations on June 28, 1985 by the former Baath regime.
	www.irandaily.ir /1385/2598/html/index.htm (1912 words)

	Anai Rhoads: America Ordered to Pay WMD Compensation to Iran
		Sardasht a small town just on the outskirts of Iraq, was gassed as revenge by Hussein after the Kurds created an uprising against his administration.
		A spokesman for the IRNA said the money will go to the survivors of Sardasht, Iranian veterans, and to those left disabled from the gas attack.
		During the 1991 Gulf War, the U.S. promised they would back up Kurd rebellion if they were to stand up to Hussein, but in the end the Kurds were left naked against Hussein's fury.
	www.anairhoads.org /politics/usiranwmd.shtml (308 words)

	Bioterrorism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		During Iran/Iraq war, Iraqi planes bombarded Sardasht on June 27,28 1987, by mustard gas and other poisonous materials ferociously.
		For this barbarous chemical bombardment, Sardasht is referred to by some analysts as third Hiroshima of the world.
		But unfortunately, as this catastrophe is not publicized in the world, on a necessary scale ; most of the people do not know too much about it.The big powers possess technology to produce chemical weapons and they used the deadly weapons against Iranian soldiers and civilians during Iraqi-imposed war (1980-1988).
	www.irib.ir /Occasions/chemical/chemicalEN.HTM (368 words)

	Iran Focus-Iran news agency reports unrest in Kurdish town - Iran (General) - News
		Sardasht and other Kurdish towns such as Mahabad have been the scene of widespread anti-government protests and clashes in recent days.
		Last night, demonstrators threw stones at the paramilitary police, according to the state news agency.
		Sardasht has a population of approximately one hundred thousand people.
	www.iranfocus.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=2971 (212 words)

	printable news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Official reports are stating about the death of seven militiamen killed during an ambush which happened on Saturday near the town of Sardasht in Western Iran.
		This ambush confirms the break of the non official and unilateral peace which started in the region by the Armed opposition groups.
		The Islamic regime's repressive measures, such as, the last waves of executions and the bloody crackdowns made in Mahabad, Naghade and Sardasht seem to have forced the Armed groups to revise their unilateral peace effort.
	www.iranvajahan.net /cgi-bin/printarticle.pl?l=en&y=2002&m=10&d=14&a=14 (129 words)

	Iran Sardasht (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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		Kamal Seyd Ghader aka Showane was kidnapped in broad daylight in Mahabad and beaten and tortured to death by Islamic state's security forces..
		As a result of Showane's horrific murder, the people of Mahabad and the nearby Bukan and Sardasht erupted in protest.
		The KDPI in its announcement on the signing of the federal constitution reported on demonstrations in Mahabad, Saqqiz, Marivan, Bukan, Sardasht and Piranshahr.
	vokradio.com /page6.html (3695 words)

	Iranians gassed by Saddam want their woes aired - The Washington Times: World - July 06, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		"The greatest aspect of this crime was the silence we heard from both Iran and the international community," Hossein Mohammadian, a 44-year-old survivor of the Sardasht bombing, said in a telephone interview from his hometown.
		On March 28, 1987, Saddam's forces dropped seven 550-pound bombs containing mustard gas on a civilian population of 20,000, inflicting lifelong trauma on its inhabitants.
		Among the seven charges filed against Saddam last week were the chemical bombardment of Halabja in eastern Iraq and Iraq's invasion and attempted annexation of Kuwait.
	washingtontimes.com /world/20040705-101902-5793r.htm (528 words)

	IranActua - Iran Actualiteit - "Saddam ook terecht laten staan voor gifgasaanval op Sardasht"
		De Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers heeft eind april 2006 een resolutie ‘betreffende het bewind in Iran en de oppositie ertegen’ unaniem (min één stem, nl.
		Sardasht werd net als Halabja getroffen door gifgasbommen van Saddam's vliegtuigen.
		Sardasht ligt net tegen de grens met Zuid-Koerdistan en ligt in Oost-Koerdistan.
	iranactua.info /index.php/content/view/1466/2 (393 words)

	Final Goodbye from a Kurdish activist: Karim Toujhali was executed by Islamic republic of Iran on 24 Jan 2002 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Karim Toujhali was born in 1968 in the village of Toujhal, located in the suburb of Sardasht in West Azerbaijan, Iran.
		After two months of intense interrogations, torture, beating and physical assault I was then taken to the detention center of the Intelligence Central Office in the city of Mahabad.
		With the exception of the Intelligence officers, nobody was aware that I was held in the detention center in Sardasht.
	www.kurdmedia.com /articles.asp?id=8393 (1544 words)

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