Iran says 22,000 arrested in protests pardoned by top leader
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran announced Monday that the country's supreme leader has pardoned 22,000 people arrested in the recent anti-government protests that swept the Islamic Republic.
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The Islamic regime has pardoned 22,000 people arrested during recent nationwide demonstrations. The protests flared up following Mahsa Amini's death in police custody.
The Iranian government said 22,000 people arrested during a massive wave of anti-government protests have been pardoned. The demonstrations began when a woman died while under custody.
The Islamic regime has pardoned 22,000 people arrested during recent nationwide demonstrations. The protests flared up following Mahsa Amini's death in police custody.
Number cited by head of judiciary offers glimpse at scale of crackdown on demonstrations since September, but also suggests regime feels secure in quelling movement
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran announced Monday that the country's supreme leader has pardoned 22,000 people arrested in the recent anti-government protests that swept the Islamic Republic.
Monday's statement offered for the first time a glimpse of the full scope of the government’s crackdown that followed the demonstrations over the death of Mahsa Amini.
Iran’s judiciary said it pardoned some 22,000 people arrested in widespread anti-government protests that erupted last September. They are among some 82,000 people who were part of a prisoner amnesty
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.
