an undeniable role in that human tragedy.”
“Today, the same accomplices of yesterday’s crimes of Saddam’s regime have gone further and, directly in the role of the aggressor, are openly violating the fundamental principles of international law and human principles,” Araghchi said. 
“Unfortunately, most governments, with the same previous approach, continue their shameful silence in the face of this domination of the law of the jungle.”
He described Sardasht as “not just a city” but “a symbol of the oppression of a nation that became the victim of prohibited weapons and did not retreat one iota in the face of oppression and aggression.”
“Thirty-nine years ago, the Ba’athist regime of Iraq, utilizing all types of chemical weapons and under the shadow of the support, arming, and silence of some Western powers, especially America, Germany, and Britain, created one of the saddest and darkest pages of contemporary history,” he said, adding that the crime’s “painful effects still remain on the bodies and souls of thousands of victims.”
Araghchi said the attack violated the 1925 Geneva Protocol and “entails international responsibility that will not be subject to the statute of limitations.” 
He said Iran, as the largest victim of chemical weapons, played a key role in drafting the Chemical Weapons Convention and “remains the flag-bearer of the fight against weapons of mass destruction.”
“We believe that justice for the victims of Sardasht and other victims of war crimes is not merely a national demand, but a necessity for safeguarding the human conscience and preventing the recurrence of such tragedies,” he said.
He concluded by honoring “the patience, endurance, empathy, unity, and resistance of the proud Iranian nation in confronting the recent aggression of the Zionist regime and America,” and expressed hope for a world “established on the basis of justice, truth, mutual respect, and human dignity.”