The bombing of Kermanshah's park shelter (in Persian: بمباران پناهگاه پارک کرمانشاه)[1][2][3] was carried out by the army of Ba'athist Iraq against the shelter of "Shirin park of Kermanshah",[3] on 16 March 1988.[4]
| Kermanshah park shelter bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Iran–Iraq War | |
 Kermanshah's Shirin park shelter, located in Kermanshah province, in the west of Iran -- which was attacked by Iraqi forces during Iran-Iraq war | |
| Location | Kermanshah, Iran |
| Date | 16 March 1988 |
| Deaths | 76 |
| Injured | 200+ |
| Perpetrators |  Iraq |
At the mentioned bombing,[5][6] Iraq also bombed the other localities of the city as well as the shelter of Shirin Park by air-to-ground missile; but bombing "Shirin Park Shelter" is considered as the most critical locality. As a result of the mentioned attack(s), 76 persons --mostly women/children-- who were in the shelter, were killed and more than 200 persons were injured.[3]
The government of Iran accuses the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) of collaborating in this bombing and writes: "Survivors of the incident talked about the presence of unknown people who suspiciously came to the shelter moments before the bombing and then left. A number of eyewitnesses reported the presence of a man with plastered hands and a young woman with a large wristwatch in the shelter". After carrying out the investigation and then the official announcement of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), it was revealed that it was the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) that had targeted the Shirin Park shelter to the Ba'ath regime airforce, and in their own words, "dozens of military forces and enemies of the people were killed in the bombing of Kermanshah." The MEK fighters had given this shelter to the Baathist planes so precisely that the missile had entered the shelter through the jet fan, which is the only entrance.
There is a book by the name of "Panahgah-e Bi-Panah" (Shelterless Shelter) (Persian: پناهگاه بی پناه), written by Mahnaz Fattahi;[7][8][9] which has highlighted the survivors memories of the Kermanshah's Shirin park shelter bombing.[10][11][12]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Mahnaz Fatahi. Panahgahe-BiPanah (Memoirs of remaining of Kermanshah's Shirin Park Shelter bombing. Sooremehr.
- ^ "Kermanshah Event". farsnews.com/. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Anniversary of Kermansha Shirin Park". isna.ir. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "The bombing of Kermanshah's Shirin park shelter". iribnews.ir. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Park Shirin Shelter". iribnews.ir. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Bitter days of Kermanshah Shirin shelter". isna.ir. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Memories of Kermanshah's Shirin Park shelter bombing". ibna.ir. 24 December 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Shirin Shelter". tebyan.net. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Memories of Kermanshah's Shirin park shelter bombardment". defapress.ir. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Panahgah-e Bipanah, The bombing of Kermanshah's Shirin Park Shelter (survivors memories)". sooremehr.ir. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Shelterless shelter". defapress.ir. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "War memorial cultural center in Kermanshah, a source of honor". 19 April 2011.