Supreme Leader pardons, reduces sentences of some convicts

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei pardoned or commuted the sentences of a number of prisoners. The decree by the Supreme Leader came upon a request from Judiciary Chief Sadeq Larijani on the auspicious Eid ul-Fitr festival. Eid ul-Fitr is one of the most joyous days in the Islamic calendar, celebrating the end of Ramadan (the holy month of fasting observed by Muslims).