Azerbaijan to extradite 22 Iranian prisoners
Azerbaijan will extradite 22 Iranian prisoners to the Islamic Republic on September 12, an Iranian deputy foreign minister said.
Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Iranian
Expatriates Affairs Hassan Qashqavi has said that on the occasion
of the Eid al-Adha 22 Iranians serving prison sentences in
Azerbaijan will be transferred to home, Tasnim news agency
reported.
Over the past years, Iran and Azerbaijan on several occasions have
extradited a number of prisoners which comes following the
expansion of political relations between the two neighboring
countries.
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