Iran, Iraq exchange remains of from 1980-88 war: ICRC

BAGHDAD, 07 October 2021, (TON): International Committee of the Red Cross said “Iraq and Iran exchanged the remains of 31 soldiers killed in the 1980-1988 war between the two countries which have since become allies.”

“Under the auspices of the #ICRC, the remains of 11 Iraqi & 20 Iranian soldiers were repatriated to their respective homelands today,” the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Twitter.

It said the exchange took place at the Shalamcheh border post in the Basra region of southern Iraq.

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