Iran releases 15 Indian fishermen
"I am happy to inform that Iran has released our 15 fishermen from Tamil Nadu. They were detained with their 3 Bahraini boats," Swaraj said in a tweet.
The fishermen working in Bahrain were held on October 22 last year when they were on their way from Bahrain to Sharjah.
Twentytwo other fishermen are still being held in Iran. They were arrested between August 2016 and January 2017.
Last month, DMK MP Tiruchi Siva had raised in Rajya Sabha the issue of Tamil Nadu fishermen languishing in Iranian prisons.
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