Mehdi Asgari, who was injured in an Iraqi chemical attack during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, uses oxygen as he waits for a doctor at a government-sponsored medical gathering of visiting doctors in the city of Isfahan, 450 km (281 miles) south of Tehran, October 20, 2007. The doctors are in Isfahan to check on the health of the victims. Reuters Pictures 25 months ago

Mehdi Asgari, who was injured in an Iraqi chemical attack during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, uses oxygen as he waits for a doctor at a government-sponsored medical gathering of visiting doctors in the city of Isfahan, 450 km (281 miles) south of Tehran, October 20, 2007. The doctors are in Isfahan to check on the health of the victims.

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