Iran says 22,000 arrested in protests pardoned by top leader

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Published March 13, 2023 3:55 AM

By JON GAMBRELL
Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of Iran’s judiciary says more than 22,000 people arrested in the recent protests that swept the Islamic Republic have been pardoned. The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi on Monday as giving that figure. The Associated Press could not independently verify the statement. Iranian state media had previously suggested Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could pardon that many people who were swept up in the demonstrations ahead of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. The protests began in September over the death of a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the country’s morality police.

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