Iranian memorial unveiled at OPCW headquarters

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.

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.

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

The Hague court ordered van Anraat to compensate chemical-attack victims from Iran and Iraq. Civil damages were a separate avenue from the earlier criminal conviction.

A study compared psychological symptoms in mustard-exposed Sardasht civilians and unexposed Rabat participants. Researchers cautioned that the comparison group also experienced wartime trauma.

Iran, Iraq and the ICRC signed documents merging two committees into one body addressing missing persons. The source establishes June, not a specific day.

Tehran Peace Museum and a victims’ society displayed photographs of lasting mustard-gas eye damage during the OPCW conference of 2-6 December.