Twenty Iranian soldiers’ remains return at Shalamcha

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.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohsen Baharvand discussed the pandemic’s effects on chemical-weapons victims with the OPCW director-general, keeping survivors’ needs on the diplomatic agenda.

A hospital cohort paper reported higher mortality among COVID-19 patients with prior sulfur-mustard exposure. Its observational findings concern the sampled hospitalized patients.

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.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Reza Najafi told the OPCW director-general that sanctions impaired care for Iranian chemical-weapons victims. The reported impact was his attributed claim.