Leader approves pardoning, commuting sentences of 1070 prisoners
14AM [Updated: Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:33AM ]/ Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei agrees to pardon or commute the sentences of as many as 1,070 prisoners. The Leader had been forwarded a request by Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi to pardon or reduce the sentences of the eligible inmates. Ayatollah Khamenei issued the approval on Monday on the occasion of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), and Eid al-Ghadir, two hugely significant Muslim festivities. The prisoners, who were granted the clemency, had had their ...
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