Some reaction:

Iranians have hailed the hanging of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as deserved punishment for a man they revile for starting a devastating eight-year war against the Islamic republic.

Top foreign ministry officials and ordinary Iranians alike, many of them veterans of the 1980-1988 conflict, applauded the execution even though Saddam was never tried over the Iran-Iraq war.

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State television throughout the day repeated images of a bellicose Saddam visiting the front line in the war and also replayed the footage broadcast by Iraqi television of his hanging.

Deputy Foreign Minister Hamid Reza Asefi recalled Saddam was executed “for only one of his crimes”, the massacre of 148 Iraqis from the Shiite village of Dujail in 1982, saying other cases were not examined to prevent scrutiny of US support for his regime.

“His case was closed very quickly,” said Asefi.

“If they had gone on to the case of the Iran-Iraq and Kuwait wars, certainly his alliance with America would have surfaced. So the Americans made an effort to close his case with Dujail.” Article

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In parts of the capital Tehran, residents handed out sweets to passers-by as a sign of celebration for Saddam’s death.

“Saddam was a brutal dictator who committed numerous crimes against his own people and his neighbours,” said Parvaneh Dousti, a bank clerk, in Tehran. “He brought destruction to Iraq, Iran, Kuwait and the whole Middle East,” she said. She was referring to Saddam’s invasion of Iran and Iraq.

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Top politician Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Saddam’s trial was too short.

“Saddam’s trial was too limited. Still, his execution is a lesson for criminals,” he said.

“Saddam was quickly put to death perhaps because Western nations were complicit in many of the crimes Saddam committed. Countries like Germany provided Saddam with chemical weapons technology and the US provoked and supported Saddam’s invasion of Iran,” he said. Article