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News ID: 3236
Publish Date : 27 July 2014 - 22:43

Leader Grants Clemency to Prisoners

TEHRAN (Press TV) -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday pardoned or commuted the sentences of a number of Iranian prisoners on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
The Leader’s decision came in response to a letter from Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani asking for clemency regarding eligible convicts ahead of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Larijani had asked for the pardoning or commutation of the jail terms of the prisoners.