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The delegation headed by the RA Minister of Justice left for IRI on November 10 for a two-day official visit.

On November 12 a bilateral agreement was signed between the Ministers of Justice of the RA and the IRI on the transfer of prisoners.

It was the first time that the RA Minister of Justice visited IRI with an official visit. As it was stated during the meeting of two ministers, it was the first time such an agreement was signed between two countries.

As the RA Ministry of Justice informs back in 2011 by the request of the IRI and by the good will of the RA, Iranian prisoners kept in the Armenian penitentiary institutions were transferred to the IRI in two phases under the condition to continue suffering the penalty there. Before the agreement was signed the Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan assigned preparing 11 Iranian prisoners to be transferred to the IRI.

During the visit made to the IRI the RA Justice Minister H. Tovmasyan had a meeting with the IRI NA speaker Ali Larijani and the Head of the Judicial power Sadek Larijani. During the meetings the issues regarding mutual legal support and transfer of prisoners were discussed. The IRI high-ranking officials expressed their satisfaction regarding the effective cooperation with the RA in the legal sphere and both expressed the confidence that the cooperation in that field will deepen.

In the scope of the visit the RA MJ H. Tovmasyan and delegation members visited the juvenile correction and rehabilitation center penitentiary institution, got familiarized with the conditions of keeping the prisoners.

The Deputy RA MJ E. Kirakosyan and the RA MJ advisor Nikolay Arustamyan were in the delegation headed by the Minister.