Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pardoned or reduced the prison sentences of 630 prisoners due to the feast of Eid al-Adha in the country, the Press-TV channel reports.
"On the proposal of the Chief Justice Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani in connection with the end of the festival of sacrifice Eid al-Adha, the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran has pardoned or reduced the prison sentences of the prisoners convicted in public and revolutionary courts, as well as on the verdict of the Judicial Organization of the armed forces of Iran," TASS quotes him.
