Azerbaijan to extradite Iranian prisoners
Baku will extradite 21 Iranian inmates serving prison sentences in Azerbaijan.
Iran’s Ambassador to Baku Mohsen Pak Ayeen announced about this on March 1, adding that the inmates will be extradited on March 2 through the border city of Astara.
Pak Ayeen added that the Iranian nationals were mostly convicted of drug-related offences in Azerbaijan.
Drug trafficking still remains as a serious issue in Iran, despite the efforts made by Iranian law enforcement bodies to stop it. Iranian officials say the fight against drugs annually costs the country about $1 billion.
The extradition of the inmates was mulled at a meeting of the Iranian envoy and Azerbaijani Minister of Justice Fikrat Mammadov in Baku on March 1.
During the meeting, Pak Ayeen touched upon friendly ties between Iran and Azerbaijan, saying the recent visit paid by President Ilham Aliyev to Tehran has opened a new chapter in ties between the neighboring countries.
In turn, Mammadov said that the way for the expansion of ties between Iran and Azerbaijan has been paved.
President Aliyev visited Iran on February 23, where Tehran and Baku signed 11 documents to expand bilateral ties.
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