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From 1980 to 1987 Spain sold €458 million in weapons to Iran and €172 million in weapons to Iraq.

Weapons sold to Iraq
In 1980 Adolfo Suárez visited Iraq. He talked bout possible weapons sales. In 1979 Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado went to Baghdad to discuss a possible joint venture for the production of light weapons and tanks.

BO-105 Helicopters, explosives and ammunition.

Allegations about chemical warheads
A research party discovered that an unexploded chemical Iraqui warhead in Iran was manufactured in Spain

Sources for the article

 * El Mundo (Spain) book. El Camino de la Libertad. La democracia año a año. 1986 ISBN 9788492540099. Page 27-32..


 * Vicenç Fisas. Las armas de la Democracia. Exportaciones españolas de armamento 1980-1988. Editorial Crítica, 1989. ISBN 8474233992.