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BAGHDAD — Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement to work together in tracing thousands of people still missing after the war between the countries in the 1980s.
The agreement — signed Thursday by representatives from Iran, Iraq and the International Committee of the Red Cross at the neutral organization’s headquarters in Geneva — represents “an important step toward easing the heavy burden of thousands of bereaved Iraqi and Iranian families,” said Beatrice Megevand-Roggo, the ICRC’s head of operations for the Middle East and North Africa.
It was the first time Iran and Iraq signed a direct agreement to tackle the problem together.
