Iran’s OPCW proposal outlined an international support network, including medical-needs information, research and voluntary assistance for chemical-weapons victims.
Iranian survivor associations presented an exhibit at the OPCW, bringing the human consequences of chemical attacks into an international disarmament forum.
An ICRC-documented operation repatriated the remains of Iranian soldiers killed in the war at the Shalamcha border, continuing the search for answers long after the ceasefire.
The European Court of Human Rights declared Frans van Anraat’s application inadmissible. The case concerned his conviction for assisting chemical attacks, including attacks in Iran.
Iranian authorities visited ICRC headquarters in Geneva and received documents relating to the 1980-88 war as part of the Imam Sajjad project.
👉 Iran submits detailed survivor-network proposal
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29 November 2010
Iran’s OPCW proposal outlined an international support network, including medical-needs information, research and voluntary assistance for chemical-weapons victims.
Iran returned the remains of 38 Iraqi soldiers, according to an Iraqi ministry release reproduced in the ICRC’s customary-law database. The act addressed war-dead recovery.
Iraq handed over the remains of 17 Iranian soldiers, according to an Iraqi ministry release preserved in the ICRC database. Returning remains did not resolve every missing-person case.
Researchers published a study using immunohistochemistry to examine lung tissue from sulfur-mustard-exposed patients. The publication extended investigation of chronic respiratory injury.
