Iran releases 460 Iraqi prisoners

The International committee of the Red Cross on Wednesday stressed the report announced by the Iranian TV which said that Iran released some 460 Iraqi prisoners, in a third measure of its kind during this years.

The International Red cross committee said in a statement that it had supervised the lastest handing over of the prisoners on Tuesday at the border crossing point at Mondareyah Khousrafi between Iran and Iraq.

This new initiative raises the number of released Iraqis to 2939, as 1999 were released in April and other 480 were also released earlier this month.