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'''Ahmad Zangiabadi''' ({{lang-fa-at|احمد زنگی آبادی|Aḥmad Zangī’abādī}}; 1965–2014) was an Iranian veteran. He undertook the control and defense of [[Shatt al-Arab|Arvand Rud]] during the [[Iran-Iraq war]]. He was injured in the Tala’ie region of [[Majnoon Island]] by [[sulfur mustard]] from [[Iraqi chemical weapons program|chemical bombing by Iraqi forces]].

==Early life==
Ahmad Zangiabadi was born in Kerman on the 9 April 1965.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite web|last1=Staff |first1=Writer |title=Obituary: Ahmad Zangiabadi (1965-2014) Chemical Weapons Victim from the Iran-Iraq War |url=http://www.un.org.ir/index.php/issues-development/issues-health/879-30-nov-2014-ahmad-zangiabadi-chemical-weapons-victim-from-the-iran-iraq-war-1980-1988-1965-2014%20 |website=United Nation In Iran}}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> He was 16 when he started to participate in the war, one year after it began in 1980.<ref name="Zangiabadi city">{{cite web|last1=Staff|first1=Writer|title=opening of the peace museum with memory of  Ahmad Zaniabadi|url=http://zangiabadi.ir/?p=2179|website=Zangiabadi city|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref>

==During the war==
During the war, Ahmad was a sniper and volleyed [[Rocket-propelled grenade|RPG]].<ref name="Zangiabadi city"/> He took responsibility for the control and defense of Arvand Rud, where he was a member of the volunteer army’s logistics unit. On 12 April 1985, Ahmad and his unit were in the Tala’ie region of [[Majnoon Island]], when a [[sulfur mustard]] chemical bomb was dropped by Iraqi planes. At the time, Ahmad was 19.<ref name="Obituary"/> Majnoon Island was covered by the chemical and they were left defenseless. Between 4pm and 10pm, the unit was incapacitated.<ref name="Zangiabadi city"/>  Ahmad then realized that they were the subjects of a chemical bombing attack. They were taken to Ahvaz hospital. Ahmad’s condition worsened: his eyes were severely burned, he started vomiting violently and his entire body began to break out in burns and blisters. He was later taken to Tehran’s medical centers and hospitalized for 40 days.<ref name="Obituary"/> After his release, he returned to Kerman and started his activity in the support department of the staff war of Kerman. He often collected presents and sent them to soldiers.<ref name="Zangiabadi city"/>

==After the war==
Due to the severity of his injuries, Ahmad's [[lung]]s were badly damaged. He was hospitalized and put on medication while a series of oxygen machines supported him for the rest of his life. He married Marzieh, who nursed him. He continued his education in English literature at [[Imam Hossein University]] until his eyesight became so weak from the bombing that he could no longer study. Ahmad and Marzieh had one son, named Hesam.<ref name="Obituary"/><ref name="Zangiabadi city"/>

==Campaigner for peace==
A committed campaigner for peace, Ahmad travelled with delegates from the [[Tehran Peace Museum]] to The Hague in April 2013. The group attended the Third Review Conference of the [[Chemical Weapons Convention]] at the [[Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]] (OPCW). Ahmad met Secretary General of the United Nations [[Ban Ki Moon]], and the OPCW’s Director General, [[Ahmet Üzümcü]], and asked them to redouble their efforts to make a world free of [[chemical weapon]]s.<ref name="Obituary"/>
At the 2013 conference of the [[Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]], Ahmad Zangiabadi listed Iranian sacrifices. This Organization won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012.<ref name="Time">{{cite web|last1=Wright|first1=Robin|title=Iran Still Haunted and Influenced By Chemical Weapons Attacks|url=http://world.time.com/2014/01/20/iran-still-haunted-and-influenced-by-chemical-weapons-attacks/|website=Time|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref> He was the active member at the peace museum of Tehran.<ref name="Tasnim">{{cite web|last1=Staff|first1=Writer|title=Ahmad Zangiabadi was died|url=http://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1393/08/28/562358/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2-70-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87-%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%AD-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AE%DB%8C%D9%84-%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B4-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA|website=Tasnim News|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref>

==Death==
Quoted from his obituary: he said, "Life has become a prison the past four months".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wright|first1=Robin|title=The War that Haunts Iran’s Negotiators|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/the-war-haunts-irans-negotiators|website=WilsonCenter|accessdate=22 December 2016}}</ref> On 18 November 2014, Ahmad Zangiabadi, died in Tehran.<ref name="Tasnim"/>

==See also==
*[[Disabled Iranian Veterans]]
* [[Iraq chemical attacks against Iran]]

==References==
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[[Category:Volunteer Basij personnel of the Iran–Iraq War]]
[[Category:Disability in Iran]]
[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Kerman]]
[[Category:People from Tehran]]
[[Category:Iranian war casualties]]
[[Category:Military snipers]]
[[Category:Anti-war activists]]