Iran temporarily frees 85,000 prisoners amid coronavirus March 17, 2020 at 12:52AM

Iran has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic, a judiciary spokesman said. The death toll in Iran from Covid-19 has reached 853 and a total of 14,991 people have been confirmed infected across the country, one of the worst national outbreaks outside China, where the new virus originated.