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Azerbaijan passed to Iran 33 convicted citizens
Baku/23.02.13/Turan:
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 Azerbaijan.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
200 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.
