TEHRAN -- An Iranian deputy foreign minister says the Islamic Republic is the biggest victim of chemical weapons in contemporary history, stressing that Western sanctions have deprived the country’s victims of such weapons of access to essential drugs and medical items.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran, as the biggest victim of chemical weapons in contemporary history, regards any sanctions against independent members of this organization by some member states to be against international law and the Chemical Weapons Convention,” Reza Najafi told Review Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention in The Hague.