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    10-12 CITIZENS OF IRAN SERVING SENTENCE IN ARMENIA'S PENITENTIARIES - PROSECUTOR GENERAL

    April 30, 2013 | 12:17

    YEREVAN.- Armenia-Iran cooperation in legal field is more active than
    collaboration with our neighbors, Armenia's Prosecutor General Aghvan
    Hovsepyan said.

    On Tuesday the prosecutors of Armenia and Iran signed a memorandum on
    cooperation. The document envisages cooperation in the fight against
    cross-border crime such as drug trafficking, trafficking of people.

    The Armenian side files about 20 inquiries a day to the Iranian law
    enforcers, Hovsepyan said. At this point 10-12 citizens of Iran are
    serving their sentence in Armenia's penitentiaries.

    In 2012 and this year, 25 offenders, citizens of Iran, were transferred
    to the Islamic Republic.

    "Previously, all these issues were resolved through diplomatic
    channels. Now, after the signing of the memorandum, the contacts will
    be direct," Hovsepyan assured.

    In this context, he noted increase in number of cases of drugs import
    from neighboring countries - Iran and Turkey.

    "Iran is holding serious struggle against criminals. Law enforcers are
    fighting with the arms in their hands, and, unfortunately, every year
    dozens of colleagues are killed at the hands of criminals," he said.

    In his turn, Iranian Attorney General Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei
    noted at the moment there are no Armenian convicts (citizens of
    Armenia) in the Iranian prisons. Responding to a question about
    the punishment envisaged by law in respect of Iranian drug dealers,
    he said this depends on the type of drug and the amount, up to the
    death penalty. According to him, at present, 44 percent of inmates
    in the Iranian prisons are serving sentences for drug trafficking.

    Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am

    News from Armenia - NEWS.am

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