New Tehran Peace Museum building opens to visitors

Iranian authorities visited ICRC headquarters in Geneva and received documents relating to the 1980-88 war as part of the Imam Sajjad project.

Iran’s OPCW proposal outlined an international support network, including medical-needs information, research and voluntary assistance for chemical-weapons victims.

Iran returned the remains of 38 Iraqi soldiers, according to an Iraqi ministry release reproduced in the ICRC’s customary-law database. The act addressed war-dead recovery.

OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü visited Iranian medical facilities and met chemical-attack survivors during talks with Iran’s foreign minister.

Iraq handed over the remains of 17 Iranian soldiers, according to an Iraqi ministry release preserved in the ICRC database. Returning remains did not resolve every missing-person case.

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.