Both the Iranian news agency Fars, which belongs to the Revolutionary Guard, and ISNA, the Iranian university students’ news agency, are among the media reporting on the pardon. Some of those arrested during the large protests against the dress code for women are among those to be seen with mercy, according to ISNA But, the pardon comes with a number of exceptions, writes Reuters: It does not apply to those convicted of espionage or contact with foreign intelligence This also does not apply to those who have been charged or convicted of corruption or destruction/arson of public property. Or those who have killed or caused harm to others with premeditation. Nor those who do not regret what they have been involved in, and who will not promise in writing that they will not repeat the actions. This means that the many persons with dual citizenship who have been arrested and convicted of spying for their new home country are not included in the amnesty. Great Britain: – Execution in Iran will not go unnoticed This may also mean that many of those arrested in connection with the large protests this autumn will not be released either. Several of them are indicted for corruption and murder, like the two young men who were executed in December. 20,000 have been arrested According to the activist network HRANA, more than 20,000 people have been arrested in connection with the violent protests that were triggered by the death of the 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini. Amini died in the custody of the Iranian morality police in Tehran in September. She was arrested because the morality police believed she did not cover her hair properly, as Iranian women are required to do. Over 100 of those arrested have been charged with offenses that can carry the death penalty, according to the Norwegian-based Iran Human Rights Group. Whether any of these will be included in the announced pardon is currently unclear. According to human rights groups, as many as 500 people were killed by Iranian security forces. The large protests that brought the Iranian regime to bed have quieted down somewhat in recent weeks. Iran experts believe the executions carried out by the young protesters have frightened many. Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was welcomed by family and friends when he was released from prison on Friday. Photo: WANA NEWS AGENCY / Reuters Film director released on Friday On Friday, the well-known film director Jafar Panahi was released from the notorious Evian prison. The 62-year-old film director, who has won awards in Cannes, Berlin and Venice, was arrested in July. The reason was a judgment from 2010. The film director was sentenced to six years in prison for running propaganda against the system. In October, the verdict was set aside by the Iranian Supreme Court, which also ruled that the case had to be heard again. Panahi was still not released. Representatives of the film industry, lawyers and family have worked together to get him released. On Wednesday this week, he started a hunger strike. He also refused to drink. On Friday, the prison released him. To celebrate the revolution According to the announcement in the Iranian media, the announced amnesty comes in connection with the anniversary of the Islamic revolution. It is marked every year on 11 February. The revolution in 1979 led to the overthrow of the then shah, Muhammed Reza Pahlavi, and on 1 February Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to his homeland after 14 years in exile. In October last year, around 1,900 prisoners were released in connection with the commemoration of the anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad’s birth. And in July, around 2,200 prisoners were released in connection with a Muslim holiday. Follow the development in news’s News Centre:
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