Prisoner
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Kuwait extradites 36 Iranian prisoners: official
Tehran, IRNA – Kuwait has repatriated 36 Iranian prisoners, an official in the Ministry of Justice has said.
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Austrian national released from Iranian prison
Urmia, IRNA – The chief justice of West Azerbaijan province has announced that Austrian national Christian Weber has been released from prison and handed over to the Austrian ambassador, thanks to the provisions of Islamic clemency.
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Some 20 Iranians will be released from Iraqi Kurdistan’s prisons: Envoy
Baqdad, IRNA – Iran’s Consul General to Erbil Nasrollah Rashnoudi has announced that the authorities of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region have pardoned and released some 20 Iranian nationals imprisoned in Kurdistan.
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Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqah passes away in Israeli custody
Tehran, IRNA – Palestinian political prisoner Walid Daqqah, who had been diagnosed with cancer, has passed away aged 62 after spending nearly four decades in Israeli jail.
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Pakistan welcomes Iran’s proposal to facilitate release of inmates in both countries
Islamabad, IRNA – Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Law and Justice Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar has welcomed the proposal of Iran’s Deputy Justice Minister for International Affairs Askar Jalalian to facilitate the release of prisoners from both countries with a humanitarian approach.
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Three Iranian nationals to be released from Qatari jail
Tehran, IRNA – Three Iranian nationals imprisoned in the Qatari jails are to be released soon, according to a statement from Iran’s Embassy in Doha.
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Narges Mohammadi returned to prison due to normal physical condition
Tehran, IRNA – The General Directorate of the Prisons of Tehran has announced Narges Mohammadi has returned to the prison due to confirmed normal physical condition by the hospital.
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Minor blaze tackled at Tehran Women Prison
Tehran, IRNA – Public Relations Office of Iran's Judiciary has announced that a minor blaze has been tackled at Tehran Women Prison.
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Iranian, Qatari officials discuss affairs of Iran's prisoners
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador to Qatar Hamid Dehghani, and Qatar's Attorney General Issa bin Saad Al Juffali Al Nuaimi have conferred on the affairs of some Iranians imprisoned in the Arab country.
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3 Iranian prisoners in Qatar released: Envoy
Tehran, IRNA –Three Iranian nationals detained in Qatar for mistakenly entering the Qatari territorial waters have been released and they will return to the Islamic Republic soon, the Iranian Ambassador to Qatar says.
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African-American man eaten alive by bed bugs in US prison
Tehran, IRNA – An African-American man from Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, was eaten alive by bed bugs in a prison, a lawyer of the victim’s family said.
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Zionists’ medical malpractice led to Palestinian prisoner’s martyrdom
Tehran, IRNA – Musa Harun Abu Mahamid, a Palestinian prisoner, has been martyred as a result of inappropriate medical performance by the Zionist regime’s prison authorities.
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Iranian prisoners repatriated from Armenia
Tehran, IRNA - Six Iranians imprisoned in Armenia were transferred to Iran, according to the Wednesday report of Iran's Embassy in Yerevan.
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Supreme Leader donates 500m tomans to help free prisoners
Tehran, April 17, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday donated some 500 million tomans to help free prisoners of unintentional crimes, according to the managing-general of Iran’s Diya Headquarters.
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FM spox: No direct talks held between Iran and US
Tehran, Feb 21, IRNA - Spokesman for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saeed Khatibzadeh on Saturday dismissed direct talks between Iran and the US.