Large survivor-registry study published

A Tehran course concluded after training medical professionals in chemical-emergency care. Participants encountered Iranian expertise and long-term chemical-war patients.

The Iranian Red Crescent and ICRC opened Repatriation Flight, combining wartime prisoner-return photographs with art at the Red Crescent’s museum in Tehran.

Iran’s OPCW working paper argued that assistance mechanisms and support for chemical-weapons victims remained inadequate. It proposed stronger resources and practical cooperation.

A mine-action roundtable opened in Iran, addressing contamination, clearance and assistance. The ICRC linked border mine hazards to the lasting effects of the Iran-Iraq war.

An ICRC-supervised handover at Shalamcha returned 44 Iranian soldiers’ remains, continuing cross-border recovery of those missing from the war.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohsen Baharvand discussed the pandemic’s effects on chemical-weapons victims with the OPCW director-general, keeping survivors’ needs on the diplomatic agenda.

A hospital cohort paper reported higher mortality among COVID-19 patients with prior sulfur-mustard exposure. Its observational findings concern the sampled hospitalized patients.

An ICRC-supported exchange at Shalamcha returned the remains of 20 Iranian soldiers to Iran and 11 Iraqi soldiers to Iraq.

Iraq’s ministry reported the return of 57 Iranian soldiers’ remains, alongside four Iraqi remains, in an exchange earlier that week.

An ICRC-assisted exchange returned 72 Iranian soldiers’ remains through Shalamcheh, continuing recovery work more than three decades after the war.