The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei has approved to pardon or commut the sentences for more than 2,000 convicts on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
Bahraini protesters have taken to the streets in the capital Manama to show solidarity with the hunger striking prisoners at Jau Prison calling for immediate release of the inmates from Al Khalifa jails.
Western diplomatic sources told Rai Al-Youm that the case of prisoners detained on charges linked to Hamas was only one of three items and demands presented to the Saudi authorities by the Hamas leadership delegation, which recently performed Umrah at the end of Ramadan.