[1] In the early 1980s about 400 people were working on behalf of Baresel, Epple, Krupp, Liebherr and Zeiss to build 3 telescopes.

[2] Although the building site was close to the war zone, people were safe from the Iran military.

Each time the crew flew home for winter holidays, the building-site needed to take safety precautions due to heavy snowfalls.

The partly-built Observatories were destroyed by the Iranian rockets launched during the Iran–Iraq War.

Hito Steyerl included the Erbil Observatory in one of her short films.