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Iran and Iraq exchange war dead | Iran and Iraq exchange war dead |
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Iraq and Iran have exchanged bodies of soldiers killed in the eight-year war between the two countries. | Iraq and Iran have exchanged bodies of soldiers killed in the eight-year war between the two countries. |
Iran handed over the remains of nine Iraqi soldiers, after Iraq gave the bodies of seven soldiers to Iran on Tuesday, according to reports. | Iran handed over the remains of nine Iraqi soldiers, after Iraq gave the bodies of seven soldiers to Iran on Tuesday, according to reports. |
It is the second such exchange of soldiers' remains since Saddam Hussein was ousted from power in 2003. | It is the second such exchange of soldiers' remains since Saddam Hussein was ousted from power in 2003. |
It is estimated that thousands of soldiers are still missing from the war, which ended in 1988. | |
Last year the countries signed an agreement to search for missing soldiers. | Last year the countries signed an agreement to search for missing soldiers. |
Still searching | Still searching |
Estimates vary but around half a million people are believed to have been killed in the war, with thousands of prisoners captured on both sides. | |
In 2001 Iran claimed that 213,000 Iranians were killed in the war. Iraqi estimates are uncertain; between 160,000 - 240,000 are said to have been killed. | |
Estimates for those Iranians and Iraqi unaccounted for are also uncertain. | |
In total, the International Committee of the Red Cross says it has helped repatriate some 97,000 prisoners of war (POWs) since the end of the war. | In total, the International Committee of the Red Cross says it has helped repatriate some 97,000 prisoners of war (POWs) since the end of the war. |
Twenty years after the end of the war, families on both sides continue to search for records of their loved ones in hospitals, morgues and police stations. | Twenty years after the end of the war, families on both sides continue to search for records of their loved ones in hospitals, morgues and police stations. |
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