• A firefighter disinfects the shrine of Saint Saleh to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in northern Tehran on March 6. Iran's judiciary said Tuesday that it has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. | AP
    A firefighter disinfects the shrine of Saint Saleh to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in northern Tehran on March 6. Iran's judiciary said Tuesday that it has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. | AP

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Iran has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, a spokesman for its judiciary said Tuesday, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Some 50 percent of those released are security-related prisoners. … Also in the jails we have taken precautionary measures to confront the outbreak,” said Gholamhossein Esmaili.

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