Monday, April 25, 2011

Iran & Iraq sign 'extradition of criminals' accord ...

(AFP) "Iran and Iraq have signed an accord to extradite "convicts and criminals" wanted by the two neighbours, state television's website and newspapers reported on Monday. .... The accord follows a deadly raid on April 8 by Iraqi security forces on Camp Ashraf, set up in the 1980s and which houses about 3,500 members of Iran's main armed opposition group, the People's Mujahedeen of Iran, and their families. ... Iran's judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani, did not specify if Iran would use the agreement to ask for the extradition of Mujahedeen members..."

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