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Iran demands Saddam be tried in Iran

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Iran Monday demanded former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein be tried in Iran for his crimes during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. The Iranian Judiciary made the demand in a letter sent to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.

The letter said public opinion in Iran calls for the trial of Saddam Hussein at a court of justice in Iran. It said Saddam and his henchmen have committed atrocious crimes including gassing Iranian forces with chemical weapons as well as attacking residential regions in air raids or with long-range missiles.

While under Saddam's rule Iraq fought an eight-year war with Iran from 1980-1988. About one million people are estimated to have been killed or wounded during the hostilities.

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