15 Iranian prisoners pardoned in UAE

EghtesadOnline: The United Arab Emirates has pardoned 15 Iranian nationals imprisoned in the Arab country.

News ID: ۷۶۹۸۴۶

28 September 2016

Thanks to the diplomatic efforts made by Iran's Foreign Ministry consular section, seven Iranians who were in Dubai jails, seven others kept in Sharjah prisons and one Iranian national who have been imprisoned in Ajman region were granted amnesty.

The Iranian nationals will leave UAE and return home after passing the necessary legal procedures, according to IRNA.

A number of 125 jailed Iranians have been released from UAE's prisons last year and returned to Iran.