An Iranian clergyman wearing a turban and gas mask (left), stands next to a member of the Basiji (mobilized volunteer forces) in a chemical warfare suit, at the site of a chemical attack by Iraqi forces, at Oshnavieh, Iran, during the Iran-Iraq War, 3rd May 1988. Towards the end of the eight year-long Iran-Iraq War, Iraq was widely expected to resort to the use of chemical weapons on Iranian civilians. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)