Iran Press/ Iran News: The Islamic Republic of Iran’s High Council on Human Rights in the wake of a pardon granted to over 10,000 inmates, in a statement announced readiness on the transfer of the unique experiences of Iranian Judiciary in granting pardon to prisoners and reducing the population of inmates to the United Nations and other countries.
The statement noted that in line with the country's major policies to combat coronavirus including increasing the health situation of prisons and also comply legal terms for granting furlough to 10,000 prisoners, recommendation implemented by the head of the judiciary and approved by the highest authority of the country.
In this regard, the High Council on Human Rights is ready to share these unique and positive experiences about the mechanism of pardon for prisoners with the United Nations and other countries.
On March 18, Iranian Judiciary's Media Center announced security convicts sentenced to less than five years received the Judiciary pardon and a number of prisoners who have gone on furlough in March won't be returned to the prisons.
According to the center, every year, as Nowruz Eve arrives, the head of the Judiciary sends a letter to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution urging for pardoning or commuting of the punishment of some of the convicts.
The Spokesman for the Judiciary Gholam-Hossein Esmaeili said at his news conference that about 85,000 prisoners have taken advantage of the furlough.
He said the plan involved all of the provinces and all charges in accordance with the Judiciary’s circular.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution agreed with the terms of pardoning or commuting the punishment of the convicts.
In response to a letter from the Chief of the Judiciary to the Leader to pardon or commute the punishment of the eligible convicts on the occasion of Month of Rajab (the seventh month of the Islamic calendar), Nowruz, and Eid al-Maba'th (the anniversary of the ordainment of the last prophet, Muhammad al-Mustafa), and the necessity to reduce the population of prisoners, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei agreed to the request.
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