Iran shares list of 500 Afghan prisoners with IEA

KABUL (Pajhwok): Iran has shared the list of 500 Afghan prisoners to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) for identification and extradition purpose, a media report said on Tuesday.

Askar Jalalyan, deputy head of the Iranian Justice Ministry’s Human Rights and International Affairs Department, told Isna News that as part of the prisoners extradition, Iran shared the list of 500 prisoners with the IEA.

The purpose of sharing this list was the acknowledgement of Afghan prisoners identity, he added.

According to Jalalyan, over 8,000 foreigners are imprisoned in Iran in which most are Afghans. Most of these individuals had been imprisoned in connection to drugs and related crimes.

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