Iran seeks missing soldiers in Iraq

Iranian Commander of the committee in charge of searching for those missing in action (MiAs) Brigadier General Mir Feisal Baqerzadeh today called for coordination with occupation troops of allied countries in Iraq to proceed with serach operations in Iraqi territory for remains of Iranian soldiers left behind from eight-year Iraqi-imposed war, IRNA reported.

"Unfortunately, the Iranian nation does not have good memory about ICRC (Red Cross) during Iraqi-imposed war. ICRC refrained from issuing any statement to deplore violation of conventions in dealing with war affairs by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and its army."

In a meeting with the ICRC representative in Iran, Baqerzadeh the castigated ICRC "for not condemning crimes perpetrated by US and its allies against civilians in Iraq."

"We do not have problems with Iraqi officials. The main concern is coordination of occupation forces in Iraq. We want to set up a camp in Basra to follow up search operation for remains of Iranians MiAs.

He called on ICRC to provide Iranian search teams with mine-sweeping choppers and other means the teams need for search operations.