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Publish Date : 05 February 2019 - 07:40  ,  
News ID: 5242

Iran to pardon 50,000 prisoners on Revolution anniversary

TEHRAN (Basirat) : The Islamic Republic will pardon or commute prison terms of fifty thousand inmates on the fortieth anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Iran’s top judge announced on Monday.


Iran to pardon 50,000 prisoners on Revolution anniversary
In a meeting with senior judicial officials, Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani said many of these inmates will be freed and the others’ prison terms will be commuted.
Article 110 of the Constitution grants the Leader the right to pardon or reduce the sentences of convicts upon a recommendation from Judiciary chief.

Source:TehranTimes
 

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