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Last week, Iran announced the temporarily release of about 70,000 imprisoned people as a result of the rapid spread of coronavirus. The priority has been to release those with health conditions and/or short sentences. The UN and family members have also been pressuring them to release activists who are serving longer sentences, which they did for only a select few. Iranian prisons were holding almost 190,000 people as of this January. Reports from February, when coronavirus officially entered the country, describe a prison situation that is overcrowded, unhygienic, and chaotic. Imprisoned people have said they have to provide their own soap. Iran is currently the third most infected country in the world. Written by @rachelwagner_

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Last week, Iran announced the temporarily release of about 70,000 imprisoned people as a result of the rapid spread of coronavirus. The priority has been to release those with health conditions and/or short sentences. The UN and family members have also been pressuring them to release activists who are serving longer sentences, which they did for only a select few.

Iranian prisons were holding almost 190,000 people as of this January. Reports from February, when coronavirus officially entered the country, describe a prison situation that is overcrowded, unhygienic, and chaotic. Imprisoned people have said they have to provide their own soap.

Iran is currently the third most infected country in the world.