TEHRAN – Remains of four Iranian soldiers have been unearthed in eastern Iraq near the border with Iran, an Iraqi official has said.

Iranian search team could find bodies of four soldiers who were killed during Iraqi invasion of Iran in the 1980s, said Heidar al-Mandelavi, IRNA reported on Sunday. 

He said that the Iranian search team will continue to look for other bodies in the area near the border. He added that the team, which entered the area in February with the permission of the Iraqi government, halted the operation on the occasion of the Iranian New Year (starting on March 21).

MH/PA