Iraqi chemical weapons program

The Iraqi chemical weapons program refers to the development and production of chemical weapons by Iraq, particularly during the regime of President Saddam Hussein from the 1970s until the early 1990s. ### Historical Context 1. **Origins**: Iraq began to develop a chemical weapons capability in the 1960s, but the program accelerated significantly during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), where chemical weapons were used extensively against Iranian forces and Kurdish populations in northern Iraq.