Tehran, YJC. The Supreme Leader has agreed to amnesty and commutation of sentence for 1,059.
The Supreme Leader’s Office website says that the Supreme
Leader has agreed to the application to give amnesty or commutation of sentence
to 1,059 sentenced by Public Courts, Islamic Revolutionary Courts, the Governmental
Punishments Organization, or the Court-martial.
The amnesty is being given on the occasion of the New Year
and the coming of April 1, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Day.
Ayatollah Amoli
Larijani had in a letter to the Supreme Leader delivered the motion to the
amnesty and sentence commutation for 1,059 who were deemed qualified by the Central
Commission for Amnesty and Pardon of the Judiciary.