Iran raises pandemic effects on chemical-war victims

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.

Researchers analyzed long-term lung, skin and eye complications in 64,190 registered Iranian chemical-war survivors. The database study highlighted continuing health burdens decades after exposure.

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.

A retrospective Sardasht cohort study examined mortality over 32 years after the chemical attack. It added long follow-up evidence rather than recording a new attack or exposure.