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2021-10-03 17:53
Philanthropists release 3,600 inmates in 6 months
TEHRAN – Iranian philanthropists freed 3,689 prisoners of involuntary crimes over the past six months, Asadollah Joolaei, head of Blood Money Organization, has said.
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2021-09-24 19:00
Employment for 80% of prisoners targeted
TEHRAN – Providing job opportunities for 80 percent of prisoners has been projected in the current Iranian calendar year (began on March 21), Mohammad Mehdi Haj-Mohammadi, head of the Prisons Organization has stated.
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2021-08-24 18:04
Iran prisons chief apologizes amid leaked footage controversy
TEHRAN – Mohammad Mehdi Hajmohammadi, the head of Iran’s Prisons and Security and Corrective Measures Organization, apologized on Tuesday for “bitter events” in Tehran's Evin prison after videos leaked by hackers purportedly showed prisoners living in harsh conditions.
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2021-07-12 17:05
Charity allots $2.6m to free inmates of unintentional crimes
TEHRAN – The Ehsan Foundation, affiliated to the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, allocated 110 billion rials (nearly $2.6 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) to release prisoners of unintentional crimes.
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2021-05-07 21:48
Amnesty for 46 Iranian prisoners in Oman on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr
TEHRAN - Iran’s ambassador to Muscat has said 160 Iranians are currently in prison in Oman or living in temporary detention, announcing the 46 of them have been released on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr by Oman’s Sultan.
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2021-05-05 19:00
Tehrani benefactors release 51% more prisoners
TEHRAN – The number of inmates of involuntary crimes released with the help of Tehrani philanthropists last year (March 2020-March 2021) has increased by more than 51 percent compared to a year before.
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2021-04-18 17:53
Ayatollah Khamenei donates $120,000 to free prisoners
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has donated 5 billion rials (about $120,000 at the official rate of 42,000 rials) to help release inmates of unintentional crimes.
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2021-04-11 21:47
Iran says talks have been made to release prisoners in U.S.
TEHRAN — The president’s chief of staff said on Sunday that Iran has not blocked the path of negotiations for the release of prisoners abroad including those in the United States.
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2021-03-03 17:34
Made in prison: inmates holding handicrafts exhibition
TEHRAN – An exhibition of handicrafts produced by prisoners across the country kicked off in Tehran on Wednesday, IRNA reported.
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2019-10-23 20:47
Generous benefactor frees 11 prisoners in Tehran
TEHRAN – A Tehrani philanthropist has donated as much as 3 billion rials (nearly $72,000) to free 11 prisoners who had committed involuntary financial crimes, IRNA reported on Wednesday.
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2019-10-20 19:33
3,318 prisoners of involuntary crimes released
TEHRAN – Since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), 3,318 prisoners who had committed unintentional crimes have been released, head of Blood Money Organization has said.
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2019-09-30 21:24
3,273 inmates of unintentional crimes released in 6 months
TEHRAN – Iranian benefactors help free 3,273 prisoners who were convicted of unintentional crimes over the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
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2019-04-06 20:06
Leader pardons, commutes sentences of 1,117 prisoners
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pardoned or reduced the prison sentences of 1,117 prisoners convicted by various courts, IRNA reported on Saturday.
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2019-02-04 14:27
Iran to pardon 50,000 prisoners on Revolution anniversary
TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic will pardon or commute prison terms of fifty thousand inmates on the fortieth anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Iran’s top judge announced on Monday.
