Iraq returns remains of 17 Iranian soldiers

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’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.

OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü visited Iranian medical facilities and met chemical-attack survivors during talks with Iran’s foreign minister.

The new Tehran Peace Museum building opened to the public. Its work connected memories of chemical warfare with public education about peace.

Researchers published a study using immunohistochemistry to examine lung tissue from sulfur-mustard-exposed patients. The publication extended investigation of chronic respiratory injury.

OPCW states adopted a decision establishing an international support network and a voluntary trust fund for chemical-weapons victims. The mechanism did not guarantee individual compensation.

UPI reported that joint Iranian-Iraqi work had located and exhumed more than 150 soldiers’ remains, citing the ICRC’s account of cooperation.

A peace-drawing exhibition by Iranian and Japanese children opened at Arasbaran cultural center, organized with the Tehran Peace Museum.