AbstractIn the characterization of the range of the Radon transform, one encounters the problem of the holomorphic extension of functions defined on ℝ2 \ Δℝ (where Δℝ is the diagonal in ℝ2) and which extend as “separately holomorphic” functions of their two arguments. In particular, these functions extend in fact to ℂ2 \ Δℂ where Δℂ is the complexification of Δℝ. We take this theorem from the integral geometry and put it in the more natural context of the CR geometry where it accepts an easier proof and amore general statement. In this new setting it becomes a variant of the celebrated “edge of the wedge” theorem of Ajrapetyan and Henkin.