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October 31st, 2008
Posted: 03:13 PM ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Iraq and Iran have agreed to exchange the remains of soldiers killed during the Iraq-Iran war that raged in the 1980s, the Iraqi government spokesman said. Ali al-Dabbagh said both sides have set a preliminary date of November 15 for the exchange at a border post. The Iraqi government will receive the remains of 200 Iraqis from the Iranian side in exchange for the remains of 41 Iranians. Al-Dabbagh said that the Iraqi government will have funeral proceedings and official burials of those Iraqi soldiers. This announcement comes after Iran and Iraq on October 16 signed “a memorandum of understanding aimed at clarifying the fate of persons missing in connection with the 1980-1988 war.” |
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