Iranian judicial authorities confirmed this 22,000 pardoned after being arrested for participating in the latest wave of anti-government protests, released after death of young woman in custody mahsa amineHe was caught by the so-called Morality Police for wearing the veil incorrectly.
According to the official IRN news agency, Iran’s Chief Justice Gholam Hosein Mohseni Ejei confirmed the figure after a meeting.A. These 22,000 people will be part of a larger health package. amnestyOver 82,000.
A month ago, Tehran has already declared its Supreme Leader. IranianAyatollah Ali Khamenei had accepted an offer. “significant number of pardons or reduced sentences” of defendants and convicts for participating in protests.
demonstrationsIt broke out in September and posed one of the biggest recent challenges to Iran’s current leadership. it went from stifling mobilizations to adopting a less belligerent position, as these major amnesties show.
Iran’s Human Rights NGO estimates that at least 481 protesters died in the first weeks of the mobilization due to repression by the security forces.resulted in thousands of arrests. That organization estimated in February that more than a hundred detainees were facing crimes punishable by the death penalty.