85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, have been
temporarily freed in Iran to help combat the spread of the coronavirus. A total
of 14,991 people have already been infected so far in Iran, and the country has
recorded 853 deaths. Gholamhossein Esmaili, a spokesman for Iran's judiciary,
said: "Some 50% of those released are security-related prisoners... Also
in the jails we have taken precautionary measures to confront the
outbreak." On Monday, Iran recorded 129 coronavirus deaths, the largest
number recorded in a single day since the outbreak of the virus in the
country. At least 12 former and current Iranian officials are reported to have
died from the coronavirus, including religious leader Ayatollah Hashem Bathayi
Golpayegani. He died two days after testing positive, and was 78 years old.
Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh commonly referred to as Princess Qajar was a princess and memoirist of the Qajar Dynasty. Princess Tadj was one of the best known daughters of the Persian king, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar who ruled Persia from 1848 to May 1896. The Persian princess was born on February 4, 1883 and died on January 25, 1936, in Tehran, at the age of 52. Princess Qajar revolutionized beauty standards with her full look and ragged unibrow, and her unmistakably evident mustache. She was a true epitome of beauty at her time. Princess Qajar was declared a symbol of beauty in Persia and was coveted by many men. Thousands of men wanted to marry her, 13 of whom committed suicide upon being rejected by the princess. Princess Qajar eventually married Amir Hussein Khan Shoja'-al Saltaneh and had they had four children - two boys and two girls. They later got divorced in 1907 after enduring an unloving arranged marriage - she married Khan when she was 13. The princess argued f...
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