Iran Charges Iraqi Raid on Train Killed 72
TEHRAN — The Iranian government said Wednesday that as many as 72 people were killed when Iraqi warplanes bombed a passenger train and that nearly 300 were injured.
The official Iranian news agency, IRNA, initially put the death toll at 54, but Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said later that at least 72 people died and 285 were injured in or near Haft Tappeh station, 38 miles inside the Iran-Iraq border and 320 miles southwest of Tehran.
The civilian death toll was the highest reported by Tehran in the 5 1/2-year-old Iran-Iraq War in almost a year.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
