Publish Date: 20 April 2023 - 20:17

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – On the occasion of Eid Al-Adha, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has agreed with pardoning or reducing the sentences of many convicts.

Ahead of Eid al-Fitr, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution agreed to pardon or reduce the jail terms of a number of convicts which were tried either in courts of common pleas or Islamic Revolution tribunals, the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces or the State Discretionary Punishment Organization.

The Head of the Judiciary Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei had sent the list of those found eligible for receiving the clemency  to the Leader and he announced his agreement with the list in accordance with the Article 111 of the Constitution.

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