The big picture:
Since one of the most important ways to reduce incarceration and reduce the criminal population is granting amnesty, every year, coinciding with national and religious holidays, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution agrees to pardon and release a large number of convicts and prisoners.
Key points:
- ٍThe Supreme Leader pardons or reduces the sentence of convicts on religious occasions.
- Pardon or reduction of sentence of convicts is granted at the request of the Head of the Judiciary.
- This time, َAyatollah Khamenei pardoned and reduced the sentences of 3,126 people.
- The clemency was granted as Iran celebrates a series of important religious occasions, namely Mab'ath—the beginning of the mission of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
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Leader pardons large number of prisoners
