Most of Iranian jailed abroad convicted of drug trafficking
Some 3,000 Iranian citizens are jailed in foreign countries and 80 percent of them were convicted of drug smuggling crimes, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Ghashghavi said, IRNA news agency reported.
Qashghavi said that about 800 Iranian prisoners, who jailed abroad, have been released due to Iran's foreign ministry's attempts.
Earlier, Indonesian Ambassador to Tehran Dian Wirengjurit said that some 5,000 Iran citizens are jailed in Indonesia due to attempting illegal entry to Australia, as well as another 500 Iranian citizens are in prison on charges of drug smuggling, with 47 of them being sentenced to death.
Qashghavi said that, Iran's Foreign Ministry asked the country's embassy in Jakarta to investigate the issue, adding that, Iran officials in Tehran and Jakarta are in touch with Indonesian officials about the Iranian prisoners in Indonesia.
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