Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Hassan Ghashghavi said Armenia will extradite eight jailed Iranians to the Islamic Republic on Wednesday, August 31, Mehr news agency reports.

The convicts will be delivered to Iranian border guards within the next 24 hours, he said on Tuesday.

The extradition was organized after investigation and follow-ups by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Yerevan, and the cooperation of Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan.

The majority of Iranians jailed in Armenia are convicted of carrying illicit drugs during their trips to the South Caucasus country.