Iran wants Saddam Hussein to face justice for alleged atrocities during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, in which more than 1 million people were killed or wounded, officials said Monday.
A spokesman also said Iran wants the court to expose which nations sold weapons to Saddam -- a reference to allegations that the U.S. military supplied him during the Iran-Iraq war.
The spokesman, Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, said an international court should try Saddam first for crimes against Iraq, and then for crimes against Iran. He said Iran was already preparing to file a complaint against Saddam for "war crimes" that began when Iraqi forces invaded in 1980.
"The priority goes to the Iraqi people to file a complaint against Saddam ... but it doesn't mean others do not have the right to sue him at international bodies," Ramezanzadeh said Monday.
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