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Iraq chemical attacks against Iran is referred to chemical attacks targeted by Iraqi army and Ba’ath party against Iranian combatants and non-combatants. According to the documents at the National Archives Archeological Site (College Park, Maryland), the West supported Saddam Hussein’s regime to using chemical weapons in Iran-Iraq war and Iraqi–Kurdish conflict.[1] Iraqi army had employed chemical attacks against combatants and non-combatants in the border citiesand villages and more than 30 attacks against Iranian civilians was reported.There were chemical attacks against some medical centers and hospitals by Iraqi army[2] According to a 2002 article in the Star-Ledger, 20,000 Iranian combatants and combat medics were killed on the spot by nerve gas. As of 2002, 5,000 of the 80,000 survivors continue to seek regular medical treatment, while 1,000 are hospital inpatients.[3][4] According to the Geneva Protocol, chemical attacks was banned but in practice, to prevent an Iranian victory, the West supported Iraqi army for using chemical weapons.[5]