OPCW establishes victim-support network and fund

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.

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.

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.

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.

A medical paper on nerve-agent casualty management drew lessons from the Iran-Iraq war and an OPCW assistance exercise. The entry records online publication, not a new wartime incident.

A memorial donated by Iran was unveiled at OPCW headquarters in The Hague. The sculpture honored victims of chemical warfare and made remembrance visible in the institution’s grounds.

The Iranian Mine Action Centre and ICRC signed a new cooperation agreement and pursued support for mine victims outside existing assistance programs.