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Iraq repatriates 130 Iranian prisoners: justice official

Tehran, Feb. 27 (UNI) 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.
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