Joel Kontinen
While the coronavirus has created sorrow for many of the earth’s citizens, there is a bit of sunshine in the darkness. several Christian families in Iran are rejoicing that their family members have been released from prison.
Iran has released approximately 70,000 prisoners because of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, Iranian judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday, according to Mizan, the news site of the judiciary.
"The release of the prisoners, to the point where it doesn’t create insecurity in society … will continue,” he said.
Detainees were released from prisons that hold Christians, including the three main prisons that are the most notorious – Karaj Prison, Evin Prison and Tehran’s Greater Prison, also known as Fashafuyeh.
So far, six top diplomats have contracted the virus, Three of them have already died.
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A Reason for Iranian Christians to Rejoice Among the Coronavirus Mayhem Back to Jerusalem 10 March.
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