Lost Iraqi girl found 22 years later in Tehran cemetery

A long-lost three-year-old girl taken to Tehran for treatment after the chemical bombing of the Kurdish town of Halabja by Saddam in the 1980s is discovered to have been buried in Tehran's largest cemetery.

The discovery was made after the girl's father Abdul Qader Hassan sought explanation over her fate, saying that he and his wife have not heard anything of their daughter, Narmin, for the past 22 years.

Abdul Qader noted that he in the company of his spouse were given treatment at Firouzabadi Hospital in southern Tehran whilst their daughter was admitted to another hospital.

The Iraqi man went on to say that he and his wife were repatriated to Iraq shortly after recovery. That deprived them of a chance to search for Narmin.

Following Abul Qader's request, the Iranian police launched a detailed investigation which revealed that the then 3-year-old Narmin had died of grave injuries on March 21, 1988 and later laid to rest in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery.

Toward the end of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein ordered the bombing of the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja with chemical bombs. The bombing, which killed about 5,000 people, was part of Saddam's Anfal campaign designed to eradicate Iraqi Kurds.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=111332§ionid=3510212.