(MENAFN- Hip Hop-24) Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday approved a mass amnesty for tens of thousands of prisoners, including those arrested in recent anti-government protests.
The mass amnesty comes as Iran celebrates the 44th anniversary of the 1979 revolution.
According to the local "Mehr" news agency, Khamenei agreed to the proposal of Chief Justice Mohseni Ejei to issue a general amnesty and reduce sentences for a "large number" of convicts and suspects.
According to Article 110 of the Iranian constitution, convicts can be pardoned, or their sentences commuted if the head of the judiciary submits the proposal, and the supreme leader approves of it.
It is not clear exactly how many prisoners will be released under the amnesty, which comes after nearly 5 months of protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
On September 16, 2022, protests erupted across Iran following the death of Amini (22 years old), 3 days after she was arrested by the Iranian "morality police" concerned with monitoring women's dress codes.
The incident sparked widespread public anger in the political and media circles in Iran, amid conflicting accounts of the causes of death.
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