Iran sends medical team to Iraq

Iran has dispatched a medical team to Iraq to help victims of recent chemical attacks by Takfiri terrorist group in the Arab country’s northern province of Kirkuk.

According to Press TV, Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi said on Saturday that the Iranian medical team has been sent to Iraq following a request by the Iraqi side for emergency help to the Arab country.

He added that the team will constantly monitor the situation of the wounded Iraqis and provide them with medicine and emergency medical services in the shortest time.

In a telephone conversation with Hashemi on Wednesday, Iraqi Health Minister Adilah Husayn asked for emergency medical help to those wounded in ISIL chemical attacks in Kirkuk.

A three-year-old girl lost her life and up to 600 others sustained injuries during chemical attacks by ISIL terrorists near the city of Kirkuk, according to reports.

According to Iraqi security and hospital officials, the latest attack took place early on Saturday in the small town of Taza, which was also struck by a barrage of rockets carrying chemicals three days earlier.

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