The head of Iran's judiciary said Monday that 22,000 people arrested in the recent anti-government protests that swept the Islamic Republic have been pardoned. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the mass release.
The Associated PressIn this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, on Oct. 1, 2022.Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi's comments come as the demonstrations have slowed in recent months over the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in custody after she was detained by the country's morality police.
However, anger remains in the country as it struggles through the collapse of the nation's currency, the rial, economic woes, and uncertainty over its ties to the wider world after the collapse of Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Ejehi as announcing the figure Monday.
Iranian state media had previously suggested Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could pardon that many people, swept up in the demonstrations, ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when faithful fast from dawn to dusk. Ramadan starts next week.
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