Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Mohseni Eje’i, Head of the Judiciary Branch in Iran, addressed a letter to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, requesting permission to pardon, reduce or convert the sentences of convicts who had been identified as meeting the necessary conditions set by the Judiciary’s Central Commission on Pardoning. This request was approved by Imam Khamenei in compliance with Article 11 of Act 110 of the Constitution.
Imam Khamenei agreed to the pardon or reduction of sentences on Eid al-Adha & Eid al-Ghadir
On the occasions of Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Ghadir, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution agreed to the pardoning or reduction of sentences of 2,825 convicts who had been sentenced in the Public Courts, the Islamic Revolutionary Courts, the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces, and the Governmental Discretionary Punishments Organization.