Five hundred and two captives and detainees return

Iran asked for a hearing concerning admissibility of the counterclaim.

The Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force for Iran, making it a State Party. Iran’s membership connected its wartime chemical weapons experience to the treaty’s prohibition and verification...

The Court admitted the counterclaim for consideration. Admissibility did not establish Iran’s liability.

The UN Secretary-General welcomed a prisoner exchange between Iran and Iraq. The statement’s date is distinct from the earlier transfers it praised.

Iran submitted its Reply and Defence to the U.S. Counter-Claim.

Iran returned 275 Iraqi prisoners at the Mundharieh/Khosravi crossing. ICRC delegates interviewed them privately to verify voluntary return.

KUNA reported Iran’s plan to release about 2,000 Iraqi prisoners in the following week. The announcement was a commitment, not a completed transfer.

Iran announced the release of 480 Iraqi prisoners at the border, according to a later chronology citing contemporary reports. The date identifies the announcement.

A historical study citing contemporary Iranian reports records the release of another 450 Iraqi prisoners, continuing the postwar repatriation process.

Al Bawaba reported the first group in a planned return of 728 Iraqi prisoners. Contemporary claims that this was the final dispatch did not settle all later captivity questions.