Ziwa camp was established following the 1975 Algiers Agreement between Saddam Hussein and the Shah of Iran, facilitated by Abdul Rahman Boumediene. It was part of a conspiracy planned by the USA and Russia to end the September Kurdistan revolution. This led thousands of Kurds from Southern Kurdistan in Iraq to flee to Iran, becoming political refugees due to the oppression and tyranny of the Iraqi government during the Ba’ath regime. The camp, located near the village of Ziwa in the Margavar rural district of the Silvana region, Urmia County in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, in Eastern Kurdistan, housed many families, children, and relatives of Peshmerga fighters from the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq (KDP).
During the Iraq-Iran war between 1980 and 1988, the Ziwa camp was targeted and bombed nine times. According to the United Nations Convention on the Protection of Refugees, the life and dignity of refugees must be protected. The Ba’ath regime of Iraq, as a perennial practice, committed severe crimes against the women and children in the refugee camp.
On the morning of June 9, 1985, at 9:15 AM, eight Baghdad regime warplanes attacked the Ziwa camp, heavily bombing a camp filled with civilian women and children.”
“As witnesses stated, most students were going to school to receive their final exam results when the sound of airplanes engulfed the entire area, and everyone was fleeing with no opportunity to hide.
As a result of these bombings, 150 people, including several pregnant women and infants, were massacred in front of the international community, and 373 others, including women, children, the elderly, and people with disabilities, were severely injured. The bodies of the victims were buried in the local cemetery, and the injured still suffer from their wounds, never forgetting the memory of this great crime and that bitter day.
This brutal crime never reached any court, and the relatives of the victims recounted their stories in their presence or interviews, but justice was never served for them.
This crime falls under the category of genocide, aimed at the destruction of innocent people, as well as war crimes, as it occurred during the Iraq-Iran war and constitutes crimes against humanity due to the brutal targeting of innocent civilians.”
“Names of the martyrs of the Ziwa bombing massacre.”
- Shafiq Farooq Ahmad
- Manija Abdullah Hussein
- Nermin Hussein Sydo Faqih
- Khama Mustafa Arab
- Nasrullah Younis Khadr Zahir
- Dindar Nazmi Shukri
- Zrar Saleh Shukri
- Shorash Rasul Rustam
- Meriwan Rasul Rustam
- Dilkhaz Abdullah Qader Saleh
- Ghazi Hussein Mustafa
- Sherwan Hassan Hussein
- Usman Ahmad Hawand
- Sharif Mohammad Reza
- Siti Hadi Ahmad
- Rizgar Ghazi Ibrahim
- Khoshevi Sarm Mala Marwan
- Nawroz Lazgin Haji
- Siham Haji Sheikh Omer
- Mahnaz Zubair Faqih Ahmad
- Seva Reza Qader
- Ramadan Reza Qader
- Suhaila Omer Yousuf
- Zubaida Omer Yousuf
- Mustafa Farukho Sheikh
- Hussein Sofi Asaad
- Jabar Shimad Qader
- Lazgin Shimad Qader
- Mariam Yasin Mohammed
- Ibrahim Mala Suleiman
- Mahboob Mala Osman
- Rebwar Adil Hassan
- Hoshiar Jader Halley
- Faqo Hassan Faqo
- Bakhtiar Asaad Ahmad
- Maghdid Mala Taha
- Sabriya Mohammed Taher Rashid
- Shevan Islam Ziab
- Layla Mohammed Fares
- Bakhtiar Awni Rashid
- Tanya Awni Rashid
- Zulfiya Habib Bakr
- Fatima Salim Hamza
- Muyid Idris Mustafa
- Hana Idris Mustafa
- Serbast Ihsan Baqi
- Faheema Hazem Tawfiq
- Shager Ali Bapir
- Najat Khoshevi Ali
- Mahmoud Shahin Mohammed Ahmad
- Piroz Mohammed Faqih
- Khame Mohammed Shero
- Hajar Mohammed Shero
- Berivan Deskho Shahin
- Ketan Ahmad Shero
- Sheller Ahmad Shero
- Shukriya Fattah Rashid
- Layla Haji Ibrahim
- Issa Musia Mamis
- Ra’na Mahmoud Ali
- Moshir Mohammed Sadik
- Agreed Qader Taher
- Rashid Qader Taher
- Huri Sheikh Soofi
- Wasman Mohammed Osman
- Issa Osman Mohammed
- Musa Osman Mohammed
- Gule Mala Ali Mala Qasim
- Najat Haji Ibrahim
- Shirin Mirkhan Nabi
- Nazmi Abdulrahman Nabi
- Fakher Hussein Ali
- Ali Saleh Mohammed
- Firoz Bapir Ahmad
- Wahab Swar Hussein
- Khedr Junaid Suleiman
- Sirwan Ghafur Ghafur
- Khelmat Ghafur
- Sarwan Ghafur
- Zain Sheikh Jundi
- Khalil Ahmad Gendal
- Shuqi Mohammed Ali Saeed
- Daria Mohammed Ali
- Faizullah Khemo Pero
- Asia Khemo Pero
- Mohammed Amin Hussein
- Asia Mohammed Suleiman
- Halima Mohammed Amin Hussein
- Karim Mohammed Amin Hussein
- Riha Mohammed Amin Hussein
- Mandiha Sadiq Shira’aga
- Bizar Rashid Ali Salim
- Basna Rashid Ali
- Duriya Rashid Ali
- Ahmed Mohammed Chawshin
- Kawa Ali Mustafa
- Hiwa Ali Mustafa
- Ismail Sabri Helwi
- Shahid Mohammed Taher
- Nahida Mohammed Taher
- Hashem Shamseddin Shahid
- Mohammed Yusuf Jawhar
- Jamia Salim Mohammed
- Haji Mala Ahmad
- Rahima Abdullah Hassan
- Mohammed Dino Ali
- Qudret Shaymid Qader
- Avin Rashid Naji Beg
- Sharif Mamand Naji Beg
- Shirin Mamand Naji Beg
- Sabah Muhajir Ali
- Nazmi Yasin Ahmad
- Layla Majid Hussein Titan
- Kashmir Tatar Mohammed
- Hakmat Sabri Mikail
- Tariq Sabri Mikail
- Kafiya Ibrahim Sheikh Omer
- Fattah Sadiq Ahmad
- Shakhwan Rashid Naji Beg
- Layli Hussein Ahmad
- Deskho Mohammed Ali
- Farooq Ahmad Hamad Ismail
- Jihad Mahdi Mam
- Siham Mahdi Mam
- Shirin Mohammed Ali
- Shukr Mahyiddin Hasam
- Kawa Ramadan Salim Hajr
- Parveen Hassan Sofi
- Mohammed Taha Hamad Nabi
- Zozan Isa Yusuf Abdullah
- Fares Shukr Baqi
- Mohammed Samd Hussein
- Bilad Haidar Khalid
- Ayub Abdulrahman Mala Ibrahim
- Rihan Haji Mustafa Qader
- Nasrullah Haini Mala Asad Fayizullah
- Koyistan Chicho Ali
- Delovan Fattah Omer
- Dilawar Fattah Omer
- Ridwan Fattah Omer
- Layla Fattah Omer
- Hozan Asad Mashkati
- Vian Asad Mashkati
- Hiwa Asad Mashkati
- Faida Mashkati Mohammed
- Layla Mala Hassan
- Mahdi Sadiq Mustafa
- Nazeera Saleh Mahmoud
- Beibun Juju Avdel Berdari
- Marchin Mahdamin Hussein