INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A third of the released prisoners of involuntary crimes (171 individuals) were from Isfahan, Khorasan Razavi, and Fars provinces, IRNA
reported.The total debt of the released prisoners was over 14 trillion rials (about $20 million).Currently, there are over 15,061 prisoners
of involuntary crimes, including 14,301 men and 760 women.Tehran, Fars, and Isfahan provinces have the highest number of prisoners of
involuntary crimes with 2,570, 1,295, and 1,186 cases, respectively.Over 7,000 prisoners of involuntary crimes freed in 9 monthsDuring the
released.Of the total prisoners who were in prison due to financial crimes, 7,282 were male, and 424 were female, Mehr news agency
of Hazrat Fatemeh, the daughter of the holy prophet Mohammad (PBUH).In the last three decades, benefactors have helped release more than
donated sums of money to help release prisoners of unintentional crimes.Late President Ebrahim Raisi, Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein
Mohseni-Ejei, and Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf allocated a total of 8.6 billion rials (about $16,000) for the issue, IRNA
reported.As an annual tradition, benefactors come together in a ceremony to raise funds for releasing prisoners of unintentional crimes
during the holy month of Ramadan, according to the Blood Money Organization.Previously, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic
Revolution, earmarked 15 billion rials (some $27.7) for releasing prisoners of unintentional crimes.Asadollah Joulaei, the head of the Blood
Money Organization, said on March 26, 2023, that a total of 6,875 prisoners of unintentional crimes have been released over the past 12
months, Mehr reported.Freeing prisoners of involuntary crimes is done in three ways
The first way is granting prisoners leave and the second way is providing a number of them with loans to be paid inside the prison.The third
way of assistance is the release of unintentional convicts by paying their debt.The Blood Money Organization was established in 1990
Since then, more than 160,000 prisoners of unintentional crimes who had debts have been freed.On March 6, 2023, Mohseni-Ejei said the Leader
had pardoned a sizable number of prisoners.He also said that over 80,000 prisoners have received pardons as a result of the order issued by
Ayatollah Khamenei.The top judge stressed that thousands who had been detained during recent disturbances in the country were given
