Move in Iran to obtain $242 billion from Iraq in compensation for the eight-year war

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[size=52]Move in Iran to obtain $242 billion from Iraq in compensation for the eight-year war[/size]

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04-25-2024
A text of a contract is circulating in Iran claiming the possibility of obtaining compensation from Iraq for the victims of the Iran-Iraq war that lasted 8 years; It is a contract not between the people and the official institutions in the state, but rather it is dealt with by a company said to be private.[/size]
[size=45]This process has raised questions on social media and among popular circles about Iran’s potential to actually obtain compensation. When it comes to war reparations, what is the number they are talking about?[/size]
[size=45]Military account inventory[/size]
[size=45]“During 2,888 days of war imposed by the Iraqi regime led by Saddam Hussein against Iran, nearly 200,000 Iranian people were killed by air and missile attacks by the Iraqi army on Iran, three-quarters of whom were young men under 25 years of age who were considered the generation producing offspring in Iran.” In addition, approximately 320,000 Iranians, most of whom are members of the armed forces or ordinary people, have become disabled veterans, including approximately 130,000 who were exposed to chemical weapons.” These numbers were reported by the Iranian “Tabnak” network and translated.[/size]
[size=45]This war led the two countries to inflict injuries and disabilities on a large number of fighters and ordinary people on the battlefields or as a result of attacks. All of this is only a small part of the humanitarian dimensions of the eight years of war between the two neighbors.[/size]
[size=45]In the report of the United Nations Committee of Experts on the state of war reconstruction in Iran in 1991, which was presented to the UN Security Council on two occasions, it was said that Iraq carried out widespread destruction on Iranian territory and indirect damages amounted to $97 billion, according to Iranian government estimates.[/size]
[size=45]In an inventory of experts who spoke, even if only the amount of $97 billion mentioned in the report of the United Nations Committee of Experts was paid, now, after 36 years, compensation amounting to $242 billion must be paid to Iran, “and if we assume that a decision or vote is issued in favor of... Iran, Iraq also agreed to pay compensation and began this process; In this case, what number are we talking about?[/size]
[size=45]Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations dated 18 (1991) to the Security Council, although paragraph 6 of Resolution 598 was in favor of Tehran, as Kamal Kharazi, the former Iranian Foreign Minister, said: “. .. The Security Council did not have any reaction to the Secretary-General’s report and it was natural in the political atmosphere at that time that they did not want to do anything against Iraq and for the benefit of the Islamic Republic of Iran; The Security Council did not take any action on this issue.[/size]
[size=45]Compensation file and the Security Council[/size]
[size=45]The former Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, at the time and head of the Resolution 598 acceptance team, Ali Khorram, said about the report of the UN Secretary-General at the time: “This report was recorded in the Security Council, and the Security Council did not have a decisive position to accept or reject it,” and it could have taken action. He issues a resolution, but that required a good relationship between Iran and the permanent members of the Security Council.[/size]
[size=45]In this regard, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister of the 11th and 12th governments of Iran, discussed Resolution 598 in a conversation via the “Clubhouse” application and said: Condemning Iraq for starting the war was an achievement for the Islamic Republic in Resolution 598. Kuwait was able to obtain compensation. From Iraq, but there was no clause in Resolution 598 related to our compensation from Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, Iraj Hemmati, a writer and researcher in the field of war, said about receiving compensation from Iraq: “The political and diplomatic officials in the country, from the late President Hashemi Rafsanjani to the former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, as well as Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi, the Iranian ambassador The United Nations at the time, and his successor Mohammad Javad Zarif, did not say anything about any written text, speech or conversation that showed that they hoped to implement paragraph 6 of the resolution related to the issue of reparations. Among these, Kharazi clearly said in an interview that under Resolution 598, compensation cannot be obtained from Iraq, according to Insaf News.[/size]
[size=45]What are the ways to obtain compensation?[/size]
[size=45]Ironically, one of Iran's demands that led to the prolongation of the ceasefire was the payment of war reparations by Saddam Hussein's regime, but the latter did not comply with this demand. Finally, in the imposed Resolution 598, the text related to the payment of war reparations by Iraq was not taken into account, and only paragraph 6 of this resolution designated the party responsible for the conflict by the Secretary-General and referred it to the Security Council. The result was submitted to the UN Security Council, and in the seventh paragraph, the severity of the damage and the need for reconstruction was emphasized without reference to Iraq’s role in providing reconstruction costs and paying the damages.[/size]
[size=45]According to this resolution, a United Nations report declared that Iraq was the initiator of the war and a violator of human rights, and placed responsibility for the war on Iraq. But as is clear, there is no mention of war reparations.[/size]
[size=45]In contrast to this, the issue of compensation was mentioned in UN Security Council Resolution No. 687, which was issued on March 26, 1991, after the previous Iraqi army attack on Kuwait. In an exclusive interview with Voice of America Radio, international law expert and university professor Saeed Mahmoudi says that to obtain compensation, “the aggressor must be officially identified.” In the case of the Iran-Iraq war, the Security Council did not do so.[/size]
[size=45]In recent years, whenever a certain position of the Iraqi government was observed, some Iranian officials mentioned the need to obtain compensation; But this matter is quickly forgotten, and it is not clear whether this idea is a propaganda slogan for these characters or a serious issue.[/size]
[size=45]Government opinion[/size]
[size=45]Commenting on the above, former and current Iraqi diplomats who spoke to Shafaq News Agency say: “We must see if there is such a political conclusion fundamentally within the Iranian state, because pursuing such a demand could inflame nationalist sensitivities in Iraq, and that Iran's allies in Iraq will be under so much pressure that anti-Iranians will escalate the nationalist tide, as an extremist could take control of Iraq's political affairs and even see a new round of hostile behavior from a country that now has friendly relations with Iran. Therefore, given that it is highly unlikely that the Iraqi government will voluntarily agree to pay reparations for the imposed war, the only way forward is the famous International Court of Justice in The Hague. “It is a complex and long road that will take many years even if it bears fruit.”[/size]
[size=45]In this regard, legal experts, commenting on the file, said: “The legal complexities of such a case, such as determining the issue of ‘Does the damage during the period following Iran’s entry into Iraq also include the compensation period?’” This will be one of the issues that will delay this issue for a long time. In addition, even issuing a decision in favor of Iran in international bodies and determining the amount of compensation is not the end of the road, because if the Iraqi government does not have the political will to implement the decision, it will not be implemented.”[/size]
[size=45]Moreover, jurists say: Many of the decisions issued by The Hague were not implemented and remained ink on paper for decades due to the lack of political will on the part of the convicted party.[/size]
[size=45]They add: “Given the current atmosphere in the international arena, the path for the Security Council to adopt a resolution to compensate for these damages is not smooth. Based on the report of the team of experts of the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, the issuance of a resolution obligating Iraq to pay the damages of the attack on Iran is extremely unlikely.” “At least at this stage, or even in the near future.”
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Part of the war in the city of Muhammara - Khorramshahr[/size]
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