Iran pardons, commutes sentences for more than 2,200 convicts

KERMANSHAH, IRAN – JULY 14: (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT – “IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-) Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi speaks to the crowd in the city of Kermanshah, western Iran, on July 14, 2022. ( Iranian Presidency – Anadolu Agency )

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned and reduced the sentences for more than 2,200 prisoners to mark the religious holidays of Eid Al-Adha and Al-Ghadeer.

Khamenei approved the pardoning and reduction of sentences for 2,272 convicts, including 43 who had been sentenced to death. Some 811 detainees will now be released as a result.

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The Islamic Republic’s supreme leader pardons and commutes prisoners more than once a year on days when religious and national holidays are celebrated or following requests made by the head of the judicial authority.

Eid Al-Adha was marked in Iran on 10 July and the Shia holiday of Al-Ghadeer was celebrated today.

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