Judiciary Chief: 3,000 Inmates to Be Released

Date: 02 January 2023 - 21:47

News ID: ۱۱۰۸۸۱

TEHRAN – Iran’s Judiciary chief Gholam-Hussein Mohseni-Eje’i on Monday approved release of 3,000 prisoners and quashed death sentences for 16 convicts on the occasion of the third martyrdom anniversary of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

Mohseni-Eje’i said the 3,000 inmates will be released within the next few days and concurrent with ceremonies held across Iran to mark three years since General Soleimani’s was martyred in U.S. attack on January 3, 2020.