<span style="color: #222222;">In Iran, twenty-three inmates escaped from prison while guards were making preparations for a Persian New Year amnesty. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to State news agency, IRNA, the detainees escaped overnight from a facility in the western city of Khorramabad, the capital of Lorestan province, just hours before the start of Nowruz, Iran's New Year celebrations. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The agency said the escapees had been serving a maximum of one-year sentences, denying dangerous individuals went free. On Wednesday night, Iran's judiciary said that around 10,000 prisoners would be released in the New Year amnesty. </span><br />'' <br />''