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Iran Replaces Prisons Chief After Protests; He was appointed the new head of the Tehran Justice Department

  Iran has appointed a new chief of prisons following protests by family members over reports that inmates had been abused at a notorious jail. The official Islamic Republic News Agency said on April 23 that Asghar Jahangir would replace Gholamhossein Esmaili. Jahangir is described as a close adviser to Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli, a cleric […]