Iran calls for OPCW meeting to condemn Israeli attacks on chemical sites

Iran's foreign minister has called for an emergency session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to condemn Israel's military campaign targeting what he called industrial chemical facilities in Iran.

"The Islamic Republic has called for an emergency session of the Executive Council of the OPCW to examine and condemn the inhuman attacks on the country's infrastructure, including industrial chemical facilities," said Abbas Araghchi in a statement on Sunday.

"Iran, as the largest victim of chemical weapons in modern history, is a strong advocate for a world free of weapons of mass destruction and the initiator of a Middle East free of nuclear weapons," Araghchi added.

"The country has always been at the forefront of the fight against these weapons," he said.

The statement was published on the 38th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's chemical attack against Sardasht in western Iran, which, according to OPCW documentation, killed over 100 people in a large-scale mustard gas attack.