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  • Employment for 80% of prisoners targeted 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.

  • Charity allots $2.6m to free inmates of unintentional crimes 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.

  • Ayatollah Khamenei donates $120,000 to free prisoners 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.

  • Made in prison: inmates holding handicrafts exhibition 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.

  • 70% of prisoners in Iran involved in drug crimes 2020-11-03 17:07

    70% of prisoners in Iran involved in drug crimes

    TEHRAN – About 70 percent of prisoners in Iran are directly and indirectly involved in drug-related crimes, Eskandar Momeni, the director of headquarters for the fight against narcotics, has said.