On this occasion, the Head of the Judiciary, Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Mohseni Eje’i addressed a letter to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, requesting permission to pardon, reduce or convert the sentences of these convicts who had been identified as meeting the necessary conditions set by the Judiciary’s Central Commission on Pardoning.
Imam Khamenei agreed to pardon, reduce sentences of eligible convicts
On the occasion of the auspicious Eid al-Fitr, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution has approved of a pardon or reduction in sentence for 2,127 people who had been convicted in Public Courts, Revolutionary Courts, by the Governmental Discretionary Punishment Organization or by the Judiciary Organization of the Armed Forces.