State media reports say supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is pardoning prisoners, including those involved with anti-government protests, to coincide with the commemoration of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Iran's supreme leader pardons large number of prisoners linked to protests, says state mediaIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has approved the pardons but not without strict conditions.abc.net.
State news agency IRNA said those accused of "corruption on earth" — a capital charge brought against some protesters, four of whom have been executed — would also not be pardoned. Iran was swept by protests following the death of a young Iranian Kurdish woman in the custody of the country's morality police last SeptemberIranians from all walks of life took part, marking one of the boldest challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution.
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