Iran's top leader pardons controversial blogger
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top leader has pardoned a controversial Iranian-Canadian blogger more than 11 years before the end of his prison term, the semi-official ISNA news reported on Thursday. The report said authorities informed Hossein Derakhshan about his amnesty late Wednesday when he returned to Tehran's Evin prison from one of his occasional leaves. The report did not elaborate on the reason for Derakhshan's pardon by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters. However in the past, Derakhshan's ...
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