Publish Date: 21 August 2012 - 20:42

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted the sentences of a number of prisoners.

The decree by the Supreme Leader came upon a request from Judiciary Chief Sadeq Larijani on the auspicious Eid ul-Fitr festival.

Eid ul-Fitr is one of the most joyous days in the Islamic calendar, celebrating the end of Ramadan (the holy month of fasting observed by Muslims).

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