Two citizens of Iran detained at Tashkent airport with fake Italian passports
Border guards of Uzbekistan detained two Iranian citizens at the Tashkent International Airport, who tried to cross the border using fake passports. This was reported by the border troops of the State Security Service.
It is noted that the passengers arrived from Istanbul. The incident occurred on November 3.
When passing through passport control, they provided passports of Italian citizenship. But it was found that the passports were fake.


The investigation revealed that the detainees are Iranian citizens.
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