Iran leader pardons some 1800-plus convicts
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei agrees to pardon or commute the sentences of as many as 1,849 prisoners on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the 12th and last Shia Imam, Imam Mahdi.
The Leader had been forwarded a request by Iran's Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi to pardon or reduce the sentences of prisoners subject to mitigating circumstances, including those found guilty in courts of common pleas and Islamic Revolution tribunals, the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces and the State Discretionary Punishment Organization.
The Leader issued the approval on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the 12th and last Shia Imam, Imam Mahdi, and also the Islamic Republic Day.
Ayatollah Khamenei regularly issues such approvals on various celebratory occasions.