Spokesman: 95,000 prisoners furloughed in Iran to lower COVID-19 outbreak risk in jails
FNA – Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Esmayeeli announced on Tuesday that temporary leaves have been authorized for 95,000 prisoners to prevent the…
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Spokesman: Over 100,000 prisoners furloughed by Iranian judiciary to lower COVID-19 outbreak risk in jails
FNA – Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Esmayeeli announced that his country has authorized temporary leaves for more than 100,000 prisoners, to prevent…
Leader pardons, commutes sentences of 2,135 prisoners
MNA – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has agreed to pardon or commute the sentences of as many…
Leader grants clemency to over 3,700 Iranian prisoners on Eid
Tasnim – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on the occasion of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr pardoned…
Judiciary Chief: Prisoners families will enjoy support as per Supreme leader’s order
IRNA – Prisoners families will enjoy support as per an order from the Supreme Leader by Mostazafan Foundation (the Foundation for the…
Iran’s Judiciary extends prison leave for some 100,000 inmates as coronavirus fight continues
Press TV – Iran’s Judiciary has once again extended prison leave for some 100,000 inmates as the country is pressing ahead with…
Iran extends prisoners’ furloughs amid virus fight
Press TV – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has announced an extension to the furloughs granted earlier this month to tens of thousands…
Iran has temporarily freed 85,000 prisoners, including political ones, amid coronavirus
Reuters – Iran has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic, a judiciary spokesman said…
Iran to temporarily free 54,000 prisoners as coronavirus spreads
CNN – Iran will temporarily release 54,000 people from prisons and deploy hundreds of thousands of health workers as officials announced a…
Leader pardons over 2,300 Iranian inmates on Revolution Anniversary
Tasnim – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei approved a proposal to grant amnesty to 2,315 Iranian prisoners on…
Leader grants clemency to over 3,500 Iranian prisoners
Tasnim – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei approved a proposal to pardon or commute the sentences of more…
241 unintentional crime prisoners released in Tehran
Tehran Times– Since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), 241 prisoners in Tehran who had committed unintentional crimes…
Iranians never bowed to bullies in history: FM Zarif
MNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Iranian nation has proved throughout the history that it will never surrender to…
Leader donates 4 billion rials for release of needy prisoners
MNA – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei has donated 4 billion rials to the Blood Money (Diya) Organisation to…
Trump administration ignored Iran offer for prisoner swap: FM Zarif
Press TV – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized US government for refusing to engage with Tehran in a humanitarian…
Iran MP hails Zarif’s offer on prisoner swap with US
IRNA – Senior Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s offer for exchanging prisoners with the US is a…
Iran’s Zarif withdraws Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe prisoner swap after criticism
The Nation– Iran has stepped back from an offer to exchang the British-Iranian prisoner Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for an Iranian woman being held…
US offers cautious response to Zarif call for prisoner swap
Al-Monitor – Responding to a proposal by Iran’s foreign minister for a prisoner swap, the State Department today urged Iran to release…
Suggestion to swap prisoners with US not new: Mousavi
IRNA – Spokesman of Foreign Ministry Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday that Iran has suggested to swap prisoners with US long time…
Iran’s foreign minister proposes prisoner exchange with US
The NewYork Times – Iran’s foreign minister offered publicly on Wednesday to negotiate a prisoner exchange with the United States, saying he…
Iran, KRG form committee to swap prisoners
MNA – The General Manager of the Iran and Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRG) relations Abdullah Saleh says that a 7-member committee…
Some 23,000 Iranian inmates freed under amnesty: Official
Tasnim – Head of Iran’s State Prisons and Security and Corrective Measures Organization said 22,700 Iranian prisoners have been released under recent…
Iran Leader pardons, commutes sentences of 1,086 inmates
IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday pardoned or commuted prison terms of 1,086 convicts.…
371 Iranian nationals extradited from foreign prisons
MNA – Some 371 Iranian nationals imprisoned overseas have been repatriated to Iran since the beginning of the current fiscal year (March…
Thailand extradites 10 Iranian prisoners
MNA – A source at Iranian embassy in Thailand said Mon. that the south eastern country handed over 10 sentenced Iranian nationals…
3 Iranian prisoners pardoned in Oman
IRNA – On the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr three Iranian prisoners in Oman were pardoned and released by Sultan Qaboos. Iran’s embassy in…
Leader donates $95K to release needy prisoners
MNA – Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei donated about $95000 to the release of needy prisoners. The donation was made on…
Five convicted Iranians delivered at zero border with Afghanistan
IRNA – Deputy Justice Minister for human rights and international affairs Mahmoud Abbasi said on Monday that five convicted Iranians were handed…
More than 280 Iranian prisoners to be extradited from Turkmenistan: Spokesman
Tasnim – As many as 283 Iranian nationals jailed in Turkmenistan will be extradited following a recent visit by Iranian President Hassan…
High school girls free imprisoned Iranian mother
IFP – A mother has returned home thanks to a successful fundraising campaign set up by a group of high school girls…
Iran Leader pardons many prisoners ahead of Nowruz
IFP – Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted prison terms of numerous convicts sentenced by…
Iran’s easing of drug laws could halt execution of 5,000 prisoners
The Guardian – The lives of more than 5,000 prisoners on death row in Iran could be spared as a change in the law…
Azerbaijan extradites 26 Iranian inmates
MNA – Twenty six Iranian inmates have been extradited from the Republic of Azerbaijan to Iran’s judiciary officials, through the border city…
Leader pardons, commutes sentences of 1007 convicted inmates
MNA – On the occasion of Prophet Mohammad and Imam Sadeq’s birth anniversaries, Leader of Islamic Revolution has pardoned and commuted the…
Parliament pursuing conditions of Iranians held in foreign prisons: MP
Tasnim– Rapporteur of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign policy Commission Seyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini expressed concern about the appalling conditions…
Over 50 Iranians being held in US prisons, judiciary official says
Tasnim – The deputy head of the Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council said that more than 50 Iranian nationals are currently being…
Iranian court rewarding prisoners for cleaning historical monuments
IFP – A court in Iran is offering alternative prison sentences for prisoners who take part in cleaning operations of historical monuments.…
Leader grants clemency to 1,166 Iranian prisoners
Tasnim – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Thursday pardoned or commuted the sentences of 1,166 Iranian convicts.…
18 Iranian prisoners to be extradited: Iraqi official
IRNA – Eighteen convicted prisoners will be extradited from Iraq to Iran in the near future, said a senior Iraqi official on…
Tehran seeks release of detained Iranian citizens in US
AP — Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency is saying Tehran has demanded the United States release detained Iranian citizens. The Saturday report…