TEHRAN – A total of 8,859 prisoners of unintentional crimes have been released from prison so far in the current Iranian year (which began on March 21, 2025).

Currently, there are 950 women and 19,399 men imprisoned for unintentional crimes, with a total debt of 2.6 trillion rials (about 1.625 billion dollars), Mehr news agency reported.
Tehran (with 2,968), Fars (with 1,898), Khorasan Razavi (with 1,845), Isfahan (with 1,582), and East Azarbaijan (with 1,060) provinces have the highest number of prisoners of involuntary crimes.

Over the past Iranian calendar year (March 2024–March 2025), benefactors contributed to releasing 11,380 prisoners of unintentional crimes in the country. Also, 2,441 prisoners were pardoned during the same period, ISNA reported.

The number of released prisoners has increased by 22 percent compared to the Iranian year 1402 (March 2023 –March 2024). Of the total released prisoners, 682 were female, and 10,698 were male, who were incarcerated due to their inability to pay financial debts.

The total debt of the released prisoners was over 270 trillion rials (about 169 million dollars).

Tehran, Fars, and Khorasan Razavi provinces ranked first to third with the release of 1,088, 878, and 829 prisoners of involuntary crimes, respectively.

Currently, there are 14,591 inmates of unintentional crimes nationwide. Tehran (with 2,536), Fars (with 1,331), and Isfahan (with 1,183) provinces have the highest number of prisoners of involuntary crimes.

Freeing prisoners of involuntary crimes is done in three ways. The first way is granting prisoners leave, and the second way is providing a number of them with loans to be paid inside the prison. The third way of assistance is the release of unintentional convicts by paying their debt.