Iran has demanded that former dictator Saddam Hussein be tried for the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
The demand came as Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari ended his fence mending visit to Iran.
Jaafari made a number of agreements with the Iranians on matters ranging from security to Iraq's desperate shortage of refined fuel; somewhat ironic given the massive oil reserves that lie beneath Iraq.
Iranian Foreign Minister, Kamal Kharazi, said that the Iranian government was prepared to provide the Iraqi Special Tribunal charged with trying Saddam and its top aides with "all necessary evidence and documents to the special court for the trial of Saddam."
Kharazi said that Iranian soldiers and civilians had been killed by the chemical weapons of Saddam's regime, which had also made missile strikes on Tehran and other cities during the war.
It is estimated that one million people were killed.
Iraq agreed that Saddam should be held accountable for the war during a visit to Baghdad by Kharazi, in May.
Saddam has now been formally charged, in connection with the 1982 killing of 143 residents of a village northwest of the capital Baghdad. However, investigations are still continuing into other war-crime allegations against him.
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