Iranian Kurd refugee children stand in front of a defaced portrait of Saddam Hussein at the Al tash refugee camp 150 kms northwest of Baghdad, Iraq Sunday April 27, 2003. With the ouster of Saddam Hussein, there is a glimmer of hope among some 12,000 Iranian Kurds who have been languishing in a refugee camp for more than 20 years, having arrived in Iraq from the areas bordering Iran and Iraq in 1980. The majority are "victims" of the Iran-Iraq war who were forced by Saddam to come to Iraq when his forces occupied a border stretch of Iranian towns such as Qaser Shirin and Sar-e Pol-e Zahab in K

• Contributor: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: 2PF7HAT
• File size: 8.2 MB (223.2 KB Compressed download)
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• Dimensions: 1429 x 2000 px | 24.2 x 33.9 cm | 9.5 x 13.3 inches | 150dpi
• Date taken: 27 April 2003
• Photographer: HASAN SARBAKHSHIAN

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Not available to licence for any broadcast or streaming service, video on demand, film, national newspaper or to create a NFT. This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required. Iranian Kurd refugee children stand in front of a defaced portrait of Saddam Hussein at the Al tash refugee camp 150 kms northwest of Baghdad, Iraq Sunday April 27, 2003. With the ouster of Saddam Hussein, there is a glimmer of hope among some 12, 000 Iranian Kurds who have been languishing in a refugee camp for more than 20 years, having arrived in Iraq from the areas bordering Iran and Iraq in 1980. The majority are "victims" of the Iran-Iraq war who were forced by Saddam to come to Iraq when his forces occupied a border stretch of Iranian towns such as Qaser Shirin and Sar-e Pol-e Zahab in Kermanshah province. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)