Eye-injury photographs bring survivors’ experience to The Hague

A memorial donated by Iran was unveiled at OPCW headquarters in The Hague. The sculpture honored victims of chemical warfare and made remembrance visible in the institution’s grounds.

The Iranian Mine Action Centre and ICRC signed a new cooperation agreement and pursued support for mine victims outside existing assistance programs.

The Hague court ordered van Anraat to compensate chemical-attack victims from Iran and Iraq. Civil damages were a separate avenue from the earlier criminal conviction.

A study compared psychological symptoms in mustard-exposed Sardasht civilians and unexposed Rabat participants. Researchers cautioned that the comparison group also experienced wartime trauma.

Iran, Iraq and the ICRC signed documents merging two committees into one body addressing missing persons. The source establishes June, not a specific day.

Tehran Peace Museum board members met the OPCW director-general in The Hague to discuss survivor-led peace outreach and joint publications.

Tehran Peace Museum held its third humanitarian-law workshop with the ICRC and Iran’s national committee, discussing wartime protection and chemical weapons.

Jack Straw and Jeremy Corbyn joined British parliamentarians visiting Tehran Peace Museum. Survivor guides discussed their experiences and difficulties obtaining medical supplies.

Artists performing Playing Chess with Doomsday’s Machine visited Tehran Peace Museum and spoke with its volunteers. The play adapted Habib Ahmadzadeh’s wartime novel.

Researchers published a chemical-war victim quality-of-life assessment using a specific measurement tool. It added attention to survivors’ daily functioning beyond immediate battlefield injuries.