Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, agreed Sunday to pardon “tens of thousands” of protesters who were arrested after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
The decision was announced by the Islamic Republic News Agency, the official news agency for the country owned and controlled by the government.
“Ayatollah Khamenei has agreed to amnesty and reduced punishment for tens of thousands of convicts, including the detainees of the recent riots in Iran,” the statement from IRNA reads.
The “convicts” will only receive pardons or reduced sentences if they “did not commit espionage for the benefit of foreigners” or have direct contact with agents of foreign intelligence services.
[Awful lot of conditions attached for the nice old bearded man to be pardoning “thousands.” Why do I feel a BS coming on this one…? ~ Beege]
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