218 Iranian inmates abroad released over past 3 months

TEHRAN, Jan.1(MNA) – Two hundred and eighteen Iranian nationals held in jails abroad have been freed or transferred to Iran’s jails over the past three months, the director of the Foreign Ministry department for Iranian expatriates affairs announced on Saturday. Following intensive diplomatic efforts the nationals were released from prisons in the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Japan, Greece, China, Thailand, Ukraine, Oman, Armenia, Afghanistan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Serbia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Poland and Spain, Hamid Reza Shakeri-Niasar told .