UN has called for Tehran to release all political prisoners from disease-ridden jails. FMTNews Jails
DUBAI: Iran has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday,
Rehman said only those serving sentences of less than five years had been freed, while prisoners charged with heavier sentences and those linked to their participation in anti-government protests remained in jail. Many Iranians have ignored calls by the health authorities to stay at home, and shops and restaurants remained open in the country.
Officials have blamed US sanctions, reimposed on Tehran since Washington quit Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with six powers, for hampering Tehran’s fight against the coronavirus.Sources told Reuters on Monday that Washington was unlikely to ease sanctions on Iran despite an appeal from China that it do so because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Other countries in the Middle East have imposed strict measures such as closing their borders and suspending flights.
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