Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei pardoned or commuted prison terms of 1,059 inmates, the state run news agency IRNA reported.

The amnesty was granted at the request of Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani and is dated to beginning of the New Iranian Year, March 21, and anniversary of the Islamic Republic Day, April 1.