Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted the sentences of "tens of thousands" of Iranian prisoners arrested during the protests in the country, Iranian state-owned news network Press TV reported on Sunday.
The leader on Sunday agreed to a request by Iran's Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei to pardon or reduce the sentences of inmates subject to mitigating circumstances, the report added.
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