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Iraq-Iran war dead are exchanged

For the first time since 2003, Iran and Iraq have exchanged the remains of soldiers killed in the war between the two countries.

The bodies of 241 soldiers, most of them Iraqis, were handed over at a border crossing near Basra.

It is the first time remains were exchanged since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Read entire article at BBC