Report records opening of new prisoner return

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.

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.

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.

The ICRC completed a handover that included 507 Iraqis held since the 1980–88 war and 188 held since the 1991 Gulf War. The groups had different origins.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri visited Iran for talks on unresolved bilateral issues left by the war. Diplomatic contact did not itself settle every humanitarian or reparations claim.