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This article investigates the performance of Iran during the eight year war with Iraq from the perspective of two cardinal principles of International Humanitarian Law: the distinction
between civilians and combatants and the prohibition of unnecessary suffering.
In the first part of the article, we see that Iran always believed the war should be limited to battleground and the civilians should be immune from attack.



















In the next part, it has been showed that Iran not only didnot use chemical weapons, but also tried not to use methods which could lead to the inflicting casualties on the civilians.
In conclusion, we see that Iran's performance was according to the basic principles of protocol I, 1977.