Publish Date: 13 October 2022 - 12:44

Supreme Leader pardons, commutes 1,862 Iranian inmates

Tehran, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Thursday pardoned and commuted 1,862 Iranian prisoners.

The leader’s order to pardon and commute 1,862 Iranian prisoners comes on the eve of the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and Imam Sadeq (AS), the sixth Shia Imam, upon a proposal by the Judiciary Chief Hojjatoleslam Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei.

Article 110 (11) of the Iranian Constitution allows the Supreme Leader to pardon or commute prison terms of the inmates upon a proposal made by the Judiciary chief.

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