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Iran to pardon prisoners

By AFP
May 13, 2021

TEHRAN: Iran´s supreme leader will pardon or commute the jail sentences of over 2,000 convicted prisoners for the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays that mark the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramazan, his website said. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei´s move affects 2,187 prisoners, it said, without giving specifics on what categories of inmates qualified.