Iran pays tribute to BBC victim of Iraq chemical weapons

 London, Aug 16, IRNA — Iran has paid tribute to BBC sound recordist Cyril Roy Benford, who passed away earlier this year after being among the many thousands of victims of chemical weapons attacks carried out by Saddam Hussein’s regime. “This diplomatic mission would like to offer its sincere condolences and sympathy to the members of the Benford family. Please know that we do share your pain,” the Iranian Embassy in London said. “Just like Mr Benford, many Iranians during the war were exposed to the chemical and unconventional weapons used by Saddam’s regime against Islamic Republic of Iran,” the embassy said in a statement. “Many were martyred and many are still being treated, and as such pass the harshest days of their lives since then,” the statement said. It has come to the knowledge of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran that the demise of Mr Cyril Roy Benford, the BBC sound recordist and cameraman, on 16th January 2011, has been due to the effects of inhaling remnants of mustard gas present in the weapons used by Saddam’s regime during the imposed war against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Benford, who passed away at the age of 78 in January this year, died from inhaling mustard gas 27 years ago while investigating chemical weapons attacks against Iran, an inquest heard last week. The inquest at Wycombe Law Courts in Buckinghamshire, north west of London was told that the effects of mustard gas can take up to 40 years to prove fatal. “It… >>>

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