Azerbaijan to extradite 22 Iranian prisoners

  11 September 2016    Read: 1286
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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