
On 2 March Azerbaijan passed Iran 21 prisoners to serve a further term of punishment in Iran. The transfer of prisoners took place on the bridge of the Astara border checkpoint.
According to the Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan, among the prisoners were three women. The transfer of prisoners is done on the basis of extradition agreement existing between the two countries. At present there are 128 Iranian citizens in the Azerbaijan's prisons, 63 are in the pre-trial prisons. -03D04-
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