Iran's supreme leader issues pardon for 'tens of thousands' of prisoners

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Iran's supreme leader issues pardon for 'tens of thousands' of prisoners

 The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has pardoned "tens of thousands" of prisoners, including some people arrested in recent anti-government protests, according to state news agency IRNA.

However, the pardon approved by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would not apply to any of the numerous dual nationals held in the country. According to Iranian officials, the amnesty also does not apply to those who refuse to admit and regret their crimes. Those “affiliated with groups hostile to Iran” will also be excluded, according to Iranian authorities.

The Supreme Leader announced the pardon in honor of the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Reportedly, the conditional amnesty was proposed to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the head of the judiciary of the Islamic Republic. 

According to the HRANA activist news agency, around 20,000 people have been arrested for participating in anti-government and anti-hijab protests. 

The Islamic Republic has been rocked by anti-government and anti-regime protests ever since the custodial death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman, who was detained on September 13 by the country’s morality police over 'inappropriate' attire and loose hijab. Human rights groups blamed the morality police for killing Amini. They claimed that Iran’s morality police hit Amini’s head with a baton. Amini’s family also said that the morality police beat Amini at the detention center. She died on September 16 due to internal injuries. 

Subsequently, the protesters demanded the fall of the clerical regime in the country. Women protesters also demanded an end to compulsory hijab rules in the Islamic Republic. They took to the streets to demand justice for Amini. 

Around four people have been executed in the country for participating in the protests. According to human rights activists, 100 people are still at risk of execution based on the charges laid against them.


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