The Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijan passed Iran 33 prisoners kept in Azerbaijani prisons.
According to the press-service of the Iranian Embassy, soon Tehran will also return some prisoners to Azerbaijani.
Prisoner exchange occurs after a recent meeting of the head of the Prison Service of Azerbaijan, Madat Guliyev, and the Iranian Ambassador, Mohsen Pakayin.
There are 2000 Iranians in Azerbaijan in custody. The number of Azerbaijani prisoners in Iranian prisons is not reported.
According to independent experts, the majority of prisoners on both sides are convicted of drug smuggling.-06D—
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Azerbaijan called on Armenia to abandon provocative actions and choose between completing the normalization process or continuing a path of confrontation, after a diplomatic clash at the Francophonie Summit in France earlier this week.
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A group of MPs have appealed to Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov to reconsider relations with the US and denounce defence cooperation agreements.
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President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on awarding Presidential scholarships to students admitted to higher educational institutions of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2024-2025 academic year.
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New Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Russia Rahman Mustafayev was received by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on 4 October.
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