TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iraq on Wednesday repatriated 130 Iranian nationals imprisoned in the country, allowing them to serve the rest of their jail terms in their home country, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.

The prisoners were transferred to Iran within the framework of a convict extradition agreement signed between the two countries in 2011, Fars quoted Askar Jalalian, Iran's deputy justice minister for human rights and international affairs, as saying on Wednesday.

He added the inmates were returned to their country through the Mehran border in western Iran.

Jalalian said Iran had signed agreements on the extradition of convicts with 29 countries, stressing that 23 of the treaties had already gone into effect.

He noted that since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year, which fell on March 20, 2024, close to 300 Iranians jailed in other states had been repatriated to their home country.

According to Iran's IRIB news agency, following this latest transfer, the number of Iranians still imprisoned in Iraq stands at 30. Enditem

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