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Iran pardons over 82,000; nearly 23,000 from Amini protests
2023-03-14
[Rudaw] Iran
...The nation is noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence...
on Monday announced that over 82,000 people have been granted amnesty, including nearly 23,000 arrested during the Zhina (Mahsa) Amini protests.

Iran’s Lord High Potentate and Supreme Leader of All He Surveys Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...
in February approved pardoning and commuting the sentences of "tens of thousands" of prisoners, in celebration of the 44th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran. Monday’s figures refer to the cumulative number of people that have been included in the amnesty since.

Iran’s judiciary chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei said that a total of 82,656 people have been pardoned including 22,628 detained during the Amini protests, which he referred to as "riots", adding that some of those included in the amnesty were convicted, while some others were in the process of going through the court but received pardons.

The sentences of an additional 34,000 people have been commuted, according to Ejei.

Iran often issues pardons to prisoners around the time of national and religious holidays, in accordance with Article 110 of Iran’s constitution.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its paramilitary, Basij, led a violent mostly peaceful crackdown on nationwide protests sparked by the death of Amini while in the custody of the morality police last September. At least 530 protesters were killed during the demonstrations, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

Iran has been subjected to heavy criticism from the international community and rights groups for human rights
...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you...
violations and abuses in prisons, raising concerns about poor conditions, abuse of prisoners, and use of torture in the country’s penal system.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  I wonder how long it will be quiet.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-03-14 12:35  

#2  Does that include those poisoners, rapers and killers of children?
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-03-14 10:50  

#1  Our DOJ should be so fair.
Posted by: Richard hard   2023-03-14 09:10  

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