Iran repatriates 275 Iraqi prisoners

The Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force for Iran, making it a State Party. Iran’s membership connected its wartime chemical weapons experience to the treaty’s prohibition and verification...

The Court admitted the counterclaim for consideration. Admissibility did not establish Iran’s liability.

The UN Secretary-General welcomed a prisoner exchange between Iran and Iraq. The statement’s date is distinct from the earlier transfers it praised.

Iran submitted its Reply and Defence to the U.S. Counter-Claim.

The ICRC supervised the return of 449 Iraqi prisoners from Iran and 53 Iranian detainees from Iraq at Khosravi-Mundharieh, checking each person’s willingness to go home.

KUNA reported Iran’s plan to release about 2,000 Iraqi prisoners in the following week. The announcement was a commitment, not a completed transfer.

Iran announced the release of 480 Iraqi prisoners at the border, according to a later chronology citing contemporary reports. The date identifies the announcement.

A historical study citing contemporary Iranian reports records the release of another 450 Iraqi prisoners, continuing the postwar repatriation process.

Al Bawaba reported the first group in a planned return of 728 Iraqi prisoners. Contemporary claims that this was the final dispatch did not settle all later captivity questions.

The United States submitted its Rejoinder in the continuing litigation.