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Tue, 06/14/2011 - 15:52
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Supreme Leader Pardons Hundreds of Prisoners
TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday pardoned or commuted prison terms of hundreds of convicts sentenced by various Iranian courts.
Ayatollah Khamenei granted amnesty to 996 convicts on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Shiites' first Imam, Imam Ali (PBUH).
The pardon was made at the request of the country's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani.
Article 110 of the Constitution grants the Supreme Leader the right to pardon or reduce the sentences of convicts upon a recommendation from the head of the Judiciary.
Ayatollah Khamenei granted amnesty to 996 convicts on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Shiites' first Imam, Imam Ali (PBUH).
The pardon was made at the request of the country's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani.
Article 110 of the Constitution grants the Supreme Leader the right to pardon or reduce the sentences of convicts upon a recommendation from the head of the Judiciary.
