Anniversary of Halabja massacre

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ARBIL, IRAQ – MARCH 16: Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Necirvan Barzani (4th R), the IDeputy Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government Kubat Talabani (6th R) and Iraqi deputies of Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government stand in silence to commemorate the victims of Halabja massacre during a commemoration ceremony that organized due to 29th anniversary of Halabja Massacre and its victims in Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government’s Halabja city in Arbil, Iraq on March 16, 2017. The Halabja Massacre was mounted by the then-Iraqi government in the northern town near the Iranian border during the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War, through the use of chemical weapons. Thousands of people had been killed 28 years ago with chemical weapons on the command of Saddam Hussein. ( Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Necirvan Barzani (4th R), Deputy Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government Kubat Talabani (2nd L) and Iraqi deputies of Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government stand in silence to commemorate the victims of Halabja massacre during a commemoration ceremony that organized due to 29th anniversary of Halabja Massacre and its victims in Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government’s Halabja city in Arbil, Iraq on March 16, 2017. The Halabja Massacre was mounted by the then-Iraqi government in the northern town near the Iranian border during the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War, through the use of chemical weapons. Thousands of people had been killed 28 years ago with chemical weapons on the command of Saddam Hussein. ( Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

ARBIL, IRAQ – MARCH 16: Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Necirvan Barzani (3rd R), Deputy Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government Kubat Talabani (5th R) and Iraqi deputies of Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government stand in silence to commemorate the victims of Halabja massacre during a commemoration ceremony that organized due to 29th anniversary of Halabja Massacre and its victims in Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government’s Halabja city in Arbil, Iraq on March 16, 2017. The Halabja Massacre was mounted by the then-Iraqi government in the northern town near the Iranian border during the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War, through the use of chemical weapons. Thousands of people had been killed 28 years ago with chemical weapons on the command of Saddam Hussein. ( Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Necirvan Barzani (5th R), Deputy Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government Kubat Talabani (4th L) and deputies of Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government stand in silence to commemorate the victims of Halabja massacre during a commemoration ceremony that organized due to 29th anniversary of Halabja Massacre and its victims in Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government’s Halabja city in Arbil, Iraq on March 16, 2017. The Halabja Massacre was mounted by the then-Iraqi government in the northern town near the Iranian border during the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War, through the use of chemical weapons. Thousands of people had been killed 28 years ago with chemical weapons on the command of Saddam Hussein. ( Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency )

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Necirvan Barzani, Deputy Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government Kubat Talabani and deputies of Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government stand in silence to commemorate the victims of Halabja massacre during a commemoration ceremony that organized due to 29th anniversary of Halabja Massacre and its victims in Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government’s Halabja city in Arbil, Iraq on March 16, 2017. [Yunus Keleş – Anadolu Agency]

HALABJA, IRAQ – MARCH 16: People are seen during a commemoration ceremony that organized due to 29th anniversary of Halabja Massacre and its victims in Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government’s Halabja city in Iraq on March 16, 2017. The Halabja Massacre was mounted by the then-Iraqi government in the northern town near the Iranian border during the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War, through the use of chemical weapons. Thousands of people had been killed 28 years ago with chemical weapons on the command of Saddam Hussein. ( Feriq Fereç – Anadolu Agency )

People are seen during a commemoration ceremony that organized due to 29th anniversary of Halabja Massacre and its victims in Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government’s Halabja city in Iraq on March 16, 2017. The Halabja Massacre was mounted by the then-Iraqi government in the northern town near the Iranian border during the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War, through the use of chemical weapons. Thousands of people had been killed 28 years ago with chemical weapons on the command of Saddam Hussein. ( Feriq Fereç – Anadolu Agency )