IRNA A senior official in Afghanistan's Prosecutor General Office announced on Saturday that more than 4,000 Afghan prisoners are to be extradited to Afghanistan from Iran and Tajikistan. Aziz Ahmad Sarbaz said more than 4,000 Afghan prisoners are in Iran and 174 others are in Tajikistan's prisons, who will be extradited to Afghanistan soon. He ...

IRNA -- President Hassan Rouhani communicated the law to take effect for the extradition of prisoners with South Korea ratified by the Iranian Majlis to the Ministry of Justice. According to the government, the law was already approved by Majlis and passed by Expediency Council.

Washington (CNN)_Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged for the first time that the U.S. is having talks with Iran that could include a possible prisoner swap, in an interview with CNN's Elise Labott that aired Wednesday. Iranian President HassanRouhani also recently told CNNthat the two countries are talking, and laid out his terms for ...

The comments by Hassan Rouhani, who is in New York for the annual UN General Assembly, followed earlier suggestions from Iranian officials about the prospect of prisoner exchanges. While Rouhani has promoted Internet access, arguing it is necessary for modern economic life, he has said little about the Guards' persecution of Internet professionals ...