TEHRAN On Wednesday, accompanying Martyrs Day, a Tehran court announced a verdict condemning the United States for its role in the brutal killing of Iranian divers recorded during Operation Karbala-4 in the 1980s Iran-Iraq War.The International Relations Court, branch 55, ruled that the United States provided crucial satellite and spy airplane intelligence to Saddam Husseins Baathist routine in Iraq.
This intelligence, the court discovered, straight caused the capture, torture, and martyrdom of Iranian commando divers throughout the operation.The Iran-Iraq War, a disastrous eight-year conflict initiated by Saddam Husseins intrusion of Iranian territory in 1980, saw a few of its fiercest battling throughout Operation Karbala-4.
Saddam buried some of the divers it had actually caught alive with their hands connected.
Their remains were revealed in southern Iraq in 2017.
The verdict event, gone to by high-ranking military and government authorities and households of the fallen scuba divers, included an effective address by Mohsen Jameh Bozorg, a freed hostage and comrade of the martyrs.
Jameh Bozorg stated the dreadful treatment withstood by the slaves, consisting of rejection of healthcare and inhumane conditions in Iraqi hospitals that caused numerous deaths.
During captivity, some of the injured were required to healthcare facilities in Iraq, Jameh Bozorg said.
Among the injured were Iraqis or members of the Mujahen-e-Khalq (MEK) fear organization, generated for espionage under the guise of being injured.
These hospitals lacked appropriate care, and Iranian hostages were frequently rejected even standard treatment.
We were asked to insult Imam Khomeini to get our plasters altered, a demand we declined.
As an outcome, we were delegated tend our own injuries, enduring inconceivable suffering.
He added that 57 out of the 1800 captives perished.Another associate, Motahari, mentioned the precise efforts to keep secrecy during Operation Karbala-4.
Despite these efforts, American satellite intelligence proved decisive, supplying Saddam Hussein with critical details that caused the operations failure.
Motahari lauded the divers bravery and durability in the face of relentless opponent attacks.