Shafaq News/ Iran’s Ambassador toIraq, Mohammad Kazem Al-Sadegh, announced on Tuesday that 130 Iranian prisonersdetained in Iraq will be transferred to Iran before the end of the week tocomplete their sentences.
In a statement carried by Iranianstate television, Al-Sadegh said, “130 Iranian convicts will be transferredfrom Iraq to Iran before the end of this week.”
“This comes as part of an agreementbetween Iraq and Iran, allowing them to serve out their sentences in Iran, aspart of the eighth phase of the agreement between the two countries,” he added.
The agreement, signed in 2014, facilitatesthe exchange of prisoners between the two nations, allowing each country toassume custody of its nationals serving sentences abroad.
Last year, Iran’s judiciary revealedthat Iraq had approved the transfer of 130 out of 160 Iranian prisoners held inIraqi prisons.
Additionally, Iranian authoritieshave been working to secure the transfer of Mohammad Reza Nouri, an Iraniannational serving a life sentence in Iraq since August 2023 for the murder ofAmerican teacher Stephen Edward.
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