Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution pardoned or commuted on Monday prison terms of 1,059 inmates.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei pardoned or commuted on Monday prison terms of 1,059 inmates in the Iranian prisons.

The amnesty was granted at the request of Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani.

The amnesty is taking place on the occasion of beginning of the New Iranian Year on March 21, and the anniversary of the Islamic Republic Day on April 1.