The World - News from April 7, 1988

Iraq fired four missiles into Tehran, and its warplanes bombed eight other Iranian cities. Iran said 40 civilians were killed in the raids, including three children who died when a hospital nursery in the capital was hit. Iran said it fired two missiles into “military centers” in Baghdad in retaliation and shelled Iraqi border towns. It also said it shot down two Iraqi warplanes. The Iraqi News Agency reported only one Iranian missile exploding in Baghdad, saying it hit a residential neighborhood, killing several civilians. Iraq charged that two Iranian jets bombed a packed football stadium in the town of Kalar, killing five schoolchildren and wounding 35 others.