TEHRAN -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pardoned 21 Iranians imprisoned in the Arab state and will soon repatriate them to their home country, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday.
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the country's other rulers agreed to pardon the prisoners during a late June visit to Abu Dhabi by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the report said. (Iran-UAE-Prisoners Release)
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