Sardasht

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Sardasht is a Kurdish-populated city in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province, historically known for being one of the first civilian targets of large-scale chemical weapons attacks during the Iran–Iraq War.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sardasht canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
attackDate 1987-06-28 ⓘ
attackingCountry Iraq ⓘ
attackType chemical weapons attack ⓘ
capitalOf Sardasht County ⓘ
chemicalAgentUsed sulfur mustard ⓘ
climate mountainous ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual ceremonies for chemical attack victims ⓘ
conflict Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
countryAtTimeOfAttack Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Iran
countrySubdivision West Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic predominantly Kurdish population ⓘ
ethnicMajority Kurds ⓘ
geopoliticalContext border region between Iran and Iraq ⓘ
governorateLevel county capital ⓘ
hasInternationalLawRelevance example in discussions on prohibition of chemical weapons ⓘ
hasLongTermIssue health problems among chemical attack survivors ⓘ
hasMinorityGroup Assyrians ⓘ
Azerbaijanis ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus city ⓘ
hasStatus symbol of civilian suffering from chemical warfare ⓘ
hasTypeOfViolenceExperienced weapons of mass destruction ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor chemical weapons attack during the Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
languageSpoken Kurdish ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
locatedIn Iran ⓘ
West Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Sardasht County ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Zagros Mountains ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Iran Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
memorialType chemical attack memorials ⓘ
nearBorderWith Iraq ⓘ
notableFor being among the first cities where civilians were targeted with large-scale chemical weapons ⓘ
officialLanguageOfCountry Persian ⓘ
partOf Iranian Kurdistan ⓘ
linked to: Kurdistan
populationGroup Kurdish ⓘ
postalCountryCode IR ⓘ
recognizedBy Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ⓘ
region northwest Iran ⓘ
linked to: northwestern Iran
religionMajority Sunni Islam ⓘ
religionMinority Shia Islam ⓘ
usesCurrency Iranian rial ⓘ
utcOffset +3:30 ⓘ
utcOffsetDST +4:30 ⓘ
victimType civilians ⓘ
wasTargetOf Iraqi chemical weapons attack ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwestern Iran → hasMajorCity → Sardasht ⓘ
subject linked to: northwestern Iran