BASRA Iraq and Iran have exchanged the remains of soldiers killed during the 1980–1988 war in a ceremony at the Shalamcheh border crossing in Basra. Iraqi forces handed over 48 Iranian remains, while Iran returned seven identified and 63 unidentified Iraqi remains, which will undergo DNA testing in Baghdad. The process, supervised by the International Committee of the Red Cross, is part of ongoing humanitarian efforts under a 2008 Geneva agreement to recover and repatriate soldiers’ remains.

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