Aug 21, 2012, 8:42 PM

Leader pardons, reduces sentences of some convicts

Leader pardons, reduces sentences of some convicts

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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