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TEHRAN, Nov 23 (AFP) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has promised to see
that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein will face charges for crimes against
Iran, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported Wednesday.
"I promised to look into the charges being put on the tribunal's agenda,"
the Iraqi president was quoted as saying after meeting the head of Iran's
judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi.
Talabani ended his landmark three-day visit to Iran on Wednesday.
Iran's judiciary announced last month it had sent its own indictment against
Saddam, with the list of complaints including genocide and the use of
chemical weapons during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
The complaints included "bombing schools, mosques, houses, and using
chemical weapons... genocide, crimes against humanity, violating
international conventions such those of Geneva and The Hague... violating
all Islamic and ethical principles" as well as "killing clerics, women,
children and innocent people."
But Saddam has so far only been charged in relation to a relatively obscure
case: the 1982 killing of 143 residents of the Shiite village of Dujail,
allegedly as revenge for an attempt on his life.
that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein will face charges for crimes against
Iran, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported Wednesday.
"I promised to look into the charges being put on the tribunal's agenda,"
the Iraqi president was quoted as saying after meeting the head of Iran's
judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi.
Talabani ended his landmark three-day visit to Iran on Wednesday.
Iran's judiciary announced last month it had sent its own indictment against
Saddam, with the list of complaints including genocide and the use of
chemical weapons during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
The complaints included "bombing schools, mosques, houses, and using
chemical weapons... genocide, crimes against humanity, violating
international conventions such those of Geneva and The Hague... violating
all Islamic and ethical principles" as well as "killing clerics, women,
children and innocent people."
But Saddam has so far only been charged in relation to a relatively obscure
case: the 1982 killing of 143 residents of the Shiite village of Dujail,
allegedly as revenge for an attempt on his life.