Iran announces release of 480 Iraqi POWs

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.

Iran returned 275 Iraqi prisoners at the Mundharieh/Khosravi crossing. ICRC delegates interviewed them privately to verify voluntary return.

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.

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.

An order allowed Iran a further written pleading relating to the U.S. counterclaim.

Iran filed an additional response to the counterclaim after the Court authorized another pleading.