The Leader Of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei pardons prisoners ahead of Eid

The Leader Of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei has agreed to a request from Iran’s judiciary chief to pardon a number of prisoners on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
The Leader Of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday agreed to pardon and grant reduction in jail terms to a number of prisoners, the Leader’s website reported.

The decision was in response to a letter from Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani asking for clemency for the remaining jail terms and financial penalties of prisoners.

On Saturday, Tehran Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi announced that The Leader Of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei had ordered the early release or a reduction in the prison sentences of 1,218 prisoners convicted of security-related crimes.

Dolatabadi stated that the prisoners who had been granted clemency had repented of the crimes they committed.

The Leader Of Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei’s decision came ahead of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Ramadan is the ninth month on the Islamic calendar when Muslims fast from dawn to dusk and refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, and indulging in anything that is in excess or ill-natured.

Muslims believe Ramadan to be an auspicious month for the revelations of God to humankind, given the belief that it was in Ramadan when the first verses of the Holy Qur’an were revealed to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).