TEHRAN, July 27 (MNA) – The Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Erbil has said that the authorities of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region have agreed to pardon and release twenty Iranian prisoners held in the Kurdish region's prisons.Nasrullah Rashnoudi, the Iranian Consulate General in Erbil, said on Saturday that "By God's mercy and through continuous efforts, the honorable officials of the Kurdistan region of Iraq have finally agreed to pardon and release twenty Iranian prisoners held in the prisons of the Region, who, God willing, will be transferred to the country after the administrative procedures have been completed." "I would like to express my gratitude for the benevolent and humanitarian action of the honorable head of the Region, its honorable prime minister, as well as the honorable minister of the interior of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, who paid attention to this issue," the head of the Iranian mission in Erbil said.

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