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S/20060/Add. 1 English Page 12 Source o f exp los i on : bomb dropped from helicopter Type of protection and how used: used gas mask 1 minute after explosion Time elapsed between explosion and appearance of first. symptoms: 10 minutes Initial symptoms : pain in the eyes, vomiting and burning sensation on right foot and genitals t ion Date I 1 July 1988 Placer “22 Eahmaan” hospital, Bakhtaran General condition good. (...) 8 1AchrymAtionJ the face has An irritation similar to, but darker than, that caused by A Sunburn1 buttocks are bright red; on the right side are traC88 of a blister mesauring some 6 cm in di‘lrneter which has left an area denuded Of epithelium: groin is black; genital8 are very swollen and blackened, making examination very painful. Last nAmet Salehi First name1 Hooshang Sex: M Age I 2 2 y8ArS / . . . S/2006O/Ad.l English Page 18 Nationality: Iranian ststuilt m i l i t a r y Date I 27 June 1988 Place: Sheikh Saleh Approximate distance from explorion: 20 m Source of explosions bomb dropped from helicopter Type of protection and how used: used gas mark immediately after explorion and kept it on for one hour Time elapsed between l xplonion and appoarsnce of first nymptomr: 4 hours I n i t i a l symptomcl: vomiting Date I 1 July 1988 P l a c e : “22 Bahmann” hospital, Bakhtaran Very aevera conjunctivitis affecting the cornea, intense photophobia, copious lachrymation, irritation of the eyelidsa face normalr skin on the neck and trunk badly inflamed down to about 2 cm below the navel; armpit0 swollen and bright red, extremely painful1 groin and upper thighs are bright purplish-red; genitals swollen and very painful. Patticulsrs Last names Khorani First name: Exatolah sex: M Age I 21 years / . . .

CCPR/C/104/D/1829/2008 GE.12-43096 7 3.3 The author states that the assaults have left him with physical and psychological sequelae.5 The spraying of irritant gases directly into the face from a close distance causes a sensation of asphyxiation and drowning similar to that felt when being immersed in water, and is intended to cause severe pain and the sensation of dying from lack of air as a result of immersion. (...) According to the first report, the author presents limitation of abduction of the right shoulder beyond 120 degrees and pain with maximum external rotation with the shoulder at 90 degrees; pain around the upper right scapula region; muscular atrophy in the right paravertebral region and the right periscapular muscles. In the left hand, the author presents stiffness of the distal interphalangeal joints of the index finger, painful lumps in the proximal interphalangeal joints of the index and middle fingers, with partial loss of ability to flex the fingers.