Tehran, April 05: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has granted clemency or eased the sentences of some 601 prisoners convicted by Iran’s Judiciary.
The Leader on Monday agreed to a request by Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani to pardon some prisoners on the occasion of the Islamic Republic Day which falls on April 1 (Farvardin12).
April 1 marks the 32nd anniversary of a referendum in which Iranians voted for the establishment of the Islamic Republic following the collapse of Iran’s monarchy in 1979.
Since then, the Iranians annually celebrate April 1 as the anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
——–Agencies