The pardon and reduction of sentences by the Leader following a proposal from Gholmhossein Mohseni-Ejei, the Chief of the Iranian Judiciary, and on the occasion of the birthday of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and Imam Sadiq (AS).

Ayatollah Khamenei agreed to punish and commute the sentences of 2654 convicts on the occasion of the Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Ghadir.

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.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, has allocated 20 billion rials for release of prisoners of unintentional crimes.

Conditions at Perpignan prison violate detainees’ rights, says ruling

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.

Overcrowding under the “zero-crime” policy has become such a problem that thousands of inmates don’t even have proper beds

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.