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I don't know too terribly much about the Iran-Iraq War, but while reading a bit about it I realized that Iraq, despite possessing a sizable CW arsenal and the means to deliver it, largely refrained from using it against major Iranian cities (they had no problem using gas against Kurds, Iranian troops, and smaller Iranian villages, as well as using conventional weapons against Iranian cities, however).

What if Saddam had decided to utilize chemical weapons (especially nerve agents like Sarin) in a strike against Tehran and other major Iranian cities? I figure that the effects will be different if they do it earlier in the war as opposed to later, but still.

What effects would this have on the war? What would the international response to such a massive chemical bombardment against civilian targets, even if it was directed against the hated Iranian theocracy?
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