Iran: Prisoners released after annual pardons

HRANA News Agency – Following reports that Iran’s Supreme Leader has pardoned 130 prisoners charged with security crimes, the Tehran Prosecutor’s office announced that so far about 90 prisoners have been released.
It is customary for Iran’s Supreme Leader to grant some pardons on the occasion of Eid of Fetre, at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
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Annual Statistical Report of Human Rights Violations in Iran

Iranian government doesn’t permit the defenders of human rights to be active in Iran and particularly prevents them from reporting human rights violations throughout the country. The flow of information is restricted, and the government doesn’t recognize the civil society as an independent social sphere. As a result, the task of gathering information and reporting has become complex and treacherous in Iran.

Under such difficult circumstances, it is self evident that human rights activists can witness only a small number of widespread and systematic violations of human rights in Iran. Similarly, researching, authenticating and reporting of such violations are also limited in number.

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