General information

Call No.:

350-4-3:61/1

Part of series

HU OSA 350-4-3 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Middle East: Iraq

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #61 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009866

Date of production

1990

Date

1990

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English, English, Persian

Duration

32 min.

Notes

Warning: graphic images. Similar content can be found on FA container #29 in the second half of the tape.

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

Halabja is a small Kurdish town in northern Iraq where chemical weapons were used by the Iraqi government forces in March 1991 in response to the village's support of Iran during the Iraq-Iran war. The mixed poison gas attack (mustard gas, and the nerve agents sarin, tabun and VX), ordered by Saddam Hussein, killed thousands of people instantly (3,200–5,000) and injured around 7,000–10,000 more—most of them civilians. This tape contains raw footage shot by Iranian news crews in the aftermath of the gas attack.

Context

Associated Names

Iranian Television (Producer)