The clemency had been previously proposed by the head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani on the occasions of Prophet Muhammamd's prophetic mission anniversary.
It suggested for 593 convicts of General and Revolutionary courts and also those of Judiciary Organization of the Armed Forces and State Discretionary Punishment Organization who had been identified having conditions which made them eligible for a state pardon or commutation, to which Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei agreed.
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