rans judiciary has opened cases against six security guards at Tehrans high-security Evin Prison in connection with viral videos that apparently showed mistreatment of inmates. The newly-appointed Judiciary spokesman Zabihullah Khodaeian, in his first press briefing on Tuesday, said four guards had been introduced to a military court, two others ...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei approved a proposal to grant amnesty to more than 5,000 Iranian prisoners on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the 8th Shiite Imam and the Judiciary Week. Ayatollah Khamenei agreed on Saturday to pardon or commute the sentences of 5,156 Iranian convicts upon a proposal from Judiciary ...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei pardoned or commuted the sentences of a large group of Iranian prisoners on Sunday. Ayatollah Khamenei agreed to pardon or reduce the sentences of 1,849 prisoners eligible for mitigating circumstances, including those found guilty in courts of common pleas and Islamic Revolution tribunals,...

Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei agreed to pardon or ease the jail terms of 3,780 prisoners sentenced by the public and revolutionary courts in Iran. The Supreme Leader's amnesty was granted on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and Imam Sadeq (AS). The amnesty was upon ...

FNA - Iran's Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Esmayeeli announced on Tuesday that temporary leaves have been authorized for 95,000 prisoners to prevent the outbreak of the new coronavirus in jails across the country in the last several months. An overall 95,000 inmates have been furloughed for coronavirus concerns, Esmayeeli told reporters in a ...

FNA - Iran's Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Esmayeeli announced that his country has authorized temporary leaves for more than 100,000 prisoners, to prevent the outbreak of the new coronavirus in jails across the country. Over 100,000 inmates have been furloughed in different periods since the outbreak of coronavirus (in Iran) so that they and ...

MNA Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has agreed to pardon or commute the sentences of as many as 2,135 prisoners. The Leader had been forwarded a request by Irans Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi to pardon or reduce the sentences of prisoners subject to mitigating circumstances. Ayatollah Khamenei issued the approval ...

Tasnim Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on the occasion of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr pardoned or commuted prison terms of more than 3,700 convicts found guilty by various Iranian courts. The pardon was granted at the request of the countrys Judiciary Chief Hojatoleslam Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi. The top judge ...

IRNA Prisoners families will enjoy support as per an order from the Supreme Leader by Mostazafan Foundation (the Foundation for the Underprivileged). Raisi made the remarks in a meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council. "Our prisons are both safe and healthy today, but the situation of prisoners in the United States and some Western countries ...

Press TV - Iran's Judiciary has once again extended prison leave for some 100,000 inmates as the country is pressing ahead with its measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Iran's Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili told reporters on Sunday that the second wave of the temporary release of prisoners has started base on an order issued ...

Press TV - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has announced an extension to the furloughs granted earlier this month to tens of thousands of prisoners as a preventative measure aimed at stopping the spread of the new coronavirus. Rouhani was addressing a session of the National Headquarters for Managing and Fighting the Coronavirus in Tehran on Tuesday....

Reuters - Iran has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, The death toll in Iran from the coronavirus has reached 853 and a total of 14,991 people have been confirmed infected across the country, one of the worst national outbreaks outside ...

CNN - Iran will temporarily release 54,000 people from prisons and deploy hundreds of thousands of health workers as officials announced a slew of measures to contain the world's deadliest coronavirus outbreak outside China. Iran reported on Wednesday that its death toll had risen to 92, as 586 new cases were reported overnight, bringing the total ...

Tasnim Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei approved a proposal to grant amnesty to 2,315 Iranian prisoners on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolutions victory. Ayatollah Khamenei agreed on Monday to pardon or commute the sentences of the Iranian convicts upon a proposal from Judiciary Chief Hojatoleslam ...

Tasnim Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei approved a proposal to pardon or commute the sentences of more than 3,500 Iranian convicts sentenced by various courts in the country. The pardon was granted at the request of the countrys Judiciary Chief Hojatoleslam Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi on the occasion of the birth anniversaries ...

Tehran Times Since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), 241 prisoners in Tehran who had committed unintentional crimes have been released, head of Tehran prisons organization Heshmatollah Hayatolgheib has stated. Following the efforts made by Blood Money Organization, Tehran prisons organization, and benefactors, 241 prisoners ...

MNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Iranian nation has proved throughout the history that it will never surrender to the bullying and pressures of the others, and that is shown in the country's culture of self-sacrifice. What has preserved the country in the face of pressures and challenges is the culture of self-abnegation, Zarif ...

MNA The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei has donated 4 billion rials to the Blood Money (Diya) Organisation to help the needy prisoners who have committed involuntary crimes. According to Khamenei.ir, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei donated 4 billion rials ($27,000) to the Diya (Blood Money) organization ...

Press TV - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized US government for refusing to engage with Tehran in a humanitarian deal for exchange of prisoners, saying President Donald Trumps administration has once refused to endorse the gesture. Zarif said in an interview with the CBS, which is planned to air on Sunday, that Washingtonhad ...

IRNA - Senior Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarifs offer for exchanging prisoners with the US is a suitable and diplomatic act to defend the Iranian nationals rights. Boroujerdi expressed hope for exchanging Iranians who have been unjustly imprisoned in the US. Referring to the fact that it is not the ...