DUBAI, March 9 (Reuters) – Iran has temporarily freed about 70,000 prisoners to combat the spread of the coronavirus in jails, the head of the judiciary said on Monday, as officials reported hundreds of new infections and dozens more deaths across the country. Iran has reported 595 new infections and 43 new deaths within the past 24 hours. … Continue reading Iran Temporarily Releases 70,000 Prisoners as Coronavirus Cases Surge