According to the website of the Judicial Authority, 43 of the pardoned prisoners had been sentenced to death and 811 others were released.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has commuted the sentences of more than 2,200 prisoners, including death row prisoners, on the occasion of Muslim holidays, according to official sources. The Ayatollah “granted reduced sentences for 2,272 convicts on the occasion of the festivals of sacrifice and Ghadir“, According to a press release published on its site.
According to Mizan Online, the website of the Judicial Authority, 43 of the pardoned prisoners had been sentenced to death and 811 others were released.
The measure was taken on the occasion of Eid al-Adha (“Ghorbanin Persian, the Feast of Sacrifice celebrated on July 10 this year in Iran), and that of Ghadir, one of the most important for Shiite Muslims, celebrated on Monday July 18.
Mr. Khamenei grants several collective pardons each year on the occasion of major religious or national holidays on the proposal of the Head of the Judicial Authority. He announced at the end of April that he wanted to commute the prison sentences of more than 1,500 prisoners on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, celebrating the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting.