Leader Pardons 81 Political Prisoners, Hundreds More Remain Incarcerated
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned 81 of some 530 political prisoners jailed in the wake of the 2009 presidential election. The fate of the other 450 who remain incarcerated is unknown and new arrests continue to be made. The government has not released the names of those pardoned or confirmed their wrongful prosecution. According […]