Najafi raises medicine access for survivors

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.

The ICRC documented another Iran-Iraq handover of remains from the 1980–88 war. Families continued seeking answers decades after the ceasefire.

Iran Press reported that 111 Iranian soldiers’ remains entered Iran by the Arvandrud waterway, welcomed by people of Abadan and Khorramshahr.

People in Ahvaz attended a funeral for 111 recently returned soldiers after Friday prayers, following their transfer from Iraq through the Arvand River.

Six unidentified war dead arrived at Shahid Madani Airport in Tabriz, where residents welcomed their remains, according to Iran Press.

The ICRC published an account of school mine-awareness work in western Iran, using a child’s drawings to show how unexploded ordnance still shaped lives after the war.

Iran’s OPCW review-conference paper called for greater attention to women and children affected by chemical weapons, including stronger research and support mechanisms.