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Iran’s Khamenei grants clemency to over 5,000 prisoners
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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a video conference with a group of university students, in Tehran, Iran, on May 11, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei grants clemency to more than 5,000 prisoners to mark a Shiite religious holiday, a statement on his official website says.
The statement gives no details on the identities of the 5,156 prisoners who were pardoned or had their sentences reduced.
Clemency was granted to mark last Tuesday’s anniversary of the birth of Imam Reza, one of Shiite Islam’s most revered figures.
The anniversary of the imam’s birth is one of several religious holidays where the supreme leader grants clemency to prisoners each year.
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