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Iran–Iraq War

The second "war of the cities"

Thursday Mar 21, 1985
Tehran - Tabriz - Shiraz - Isfahan, Iran

Saddam responded by launching chemical attacks against the Iranian positions along the highway and by initiating the second "war of the cities", with an air and missile campaign against twenty to thirty Iranian population centers, including Tehran.


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