"What is important for the (Iranian) judiciary are the rights that were lost by Iranian citizens during the eight-year sacred defense war, those who lost their loved ones and the many war veterans who were wounded by chemical weapons," Shahrudi was quoted as saying. Shahrudi also criticized "the fact that Saddam's crimes against human rights during the war and his continuation of such crimes in Halabja and Kurdistan are not among the accusations brought up in this trial."