Rights expert Javaid Rehman says Tehran's release of 70,000 inmates to curb spread is 'too little, too late'. FMTNews UN
Pedestrians wear face masks in Tehran, Iran as 8,042 citizens are currently infected from Covid-19.
“The situation on coronavirus is highly disturbing within Iran,” Rehman told reporters at the UN in Geneva. He had recommended to Tehran that it free “all prisoners on temporary release and not have this discriminatory restriction of a threshold”.
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