TEHRAN, Aug 27 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Justice Minister, Amin-Hossein Rahimi, said, Iran has exchanged 1,531 prisoners with a number of countries, since March 2022.
Rahimi made the remarks in an interview, while elaborating on the government’s efforts to expand legal and judicial cooperation with other countries.
He said that, during the period, 298 Iranians imprisoned in other countries have been released, and 1,233 foreigners held in Iran have been repatriated, under agreements between Iran and their countries.
The minister assured that, the government is pursuing with seriousness the strategy of promoting judicial diplomacy, by increasing judicial interactions and cooperation with other countries.
Rahimi noted that, Iran has ongoing interactions with Russia, Tajikistan, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, Uzbekistan and Syria, to improve judicial cooperation with them.– NNN-IRNA
