Iranian War Veterans Seek UN Action on Compensation Claims Under Resolution 598 – Countercurrents

Iranian War Veterans Seek UN Action on Compensation Claims Under Resolution 598  Countercurrents

To: Mr. António Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations United Nations Headquarters New York, United States of America Subject: Request for the… To:Mr. António GuterresSecretary-General of the United NationsUnited Nations HeadquartersNew York, United States of America Subject: Request for the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 598 (1987), Recognition of the Compensation Claims of the Victims of the Iran–Iraq War, and Establishment of an Urgent Review Mechanism This letter is submitted by the Association for the Protection of the Rights of Iranian Veterans of the Eight-Year War, an association representing between three and a half and four million persons from the community affected by the war of 1980–1988, including disabled veterans, wounded veterans, former prisoners of war, missing persons, families of martyrs, and self-sacrificing combat veterans of the three branches of the armed forces — air, naval and ground — whether career or conscript personnel, as well as popular volunteer forces.

The present communication is submitted by the undersigned in his capacity as the authorized representative of the Association, and concerns a matter that has remained unresolved within the framework of the United Nations for nearly four decades: responsibility for the war and compensation for those who have borne its consequences. The eight-year war, which directly engaged between three and a half and four million Iranians, imposed extraordinary losses upon the