Iranian women recall exposure to Iraqi chemical weapons

Iranian women recall exposure to Iraqi chemical weapons

Women in Sardasht, northwestern Iran, show medicines they take every day on Aug. 2, 2015, to ease the effects of exposure to chemical weapons used by Iraq during the war between the two countries nearly three decades ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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