Shafaq News..Iran plans to repatriate 155+ prisoners from Iraq
2026-09-16T07:17:16+00:00
Shafaq News- Tehran
Iran plans to transfer another 159 nationals from
Iraqi prisons on Sept. 20 to serve the remainder of their sentences at home,
Foreign Ministry Consular Affairs Director-General Mojtaba Shasti Karimi said.
In remarks carried by Iran’s semi-official Fars News
Agency on Wednesday, Karimi indicated that the group would enter Iran through
the Shalamcheh land border crossing before being placed in Iranian prisons.
The planned repatriation follows the return of 48
Iranian inmates through the Mehran crossing on Tuesday, according to Karimi.
Iran’s Justice Ministry, however, put Tuesday’s figure
at 49, including four women. Ministry official Askar Jalalian said most had
been detained on charges involving drugs, medical pills, other prohibited
substances, or carrying packages for others.
Tehran and Baghdad have conducted several such exchanges
under a 2014 bilateral agreement allowing convicted nationals to complete their
terms in their home countries. The most recent prior handover took place on
March 29, 2026, when 43 Iranians returned from Iraq.
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