following a long illness in support, a history maker, he becomes the spurs all time top square as his side beats manchester city in the english premier league. welcome to bbc news. iran s supreme leader is pardoning a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. including some of those arrested the pardon by ayatollah khamenei comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979 a date on which he regularly offers an amnesty to some prisoners. but the iranian state media says it excludes those facing charges of spying for foreign agencies, murder and bodily harm, as well as the destruction or arson of state property. taraneh stone, from the bbc s persian service, has been giving us more details. the supreme leader has agreed to pardon and commute sentences of tens of people who are imprisoned or who are waiting for sentences. the letter from the judiciary said that a considerable number of people who were a
union leaders in the uk urge the prime minister to intervene in the dispute about healthcare pay. the biggest week of strikes in the history of the national health service is due to start on monday. the us continues to search for the wreckage of a chinese balloon suspected of being used for spying which was brought down by an american fighterjet yesterday. hello and welcome to bbc world news. iran s supreme leader is pardoning a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. the pardon by ayatollah khamenei comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979, a date on which he regularly offers an amnesty to some prisoners. but the iranian state media says it excludes those facing charges of spying for foreign agencies, murder and bodily harm, as well as the destruction or arson of state property. taraneh stone, from the bbc s persian service, says those freed have several conditions attached to their release.
or merely processing. these are quite ambiguous charges. they are also, one of the conditions, these people have to show remorse, and they have to provide a written promise that they will not participate in the protests or take similar action again. that is what has raised some concerns among social media users and people listening to the news today who have said that this can potentially be problematic, and can potentially be a long process. it may even be impossible for some to be pardoned or released. i m joined now by nina navid, expert and campaigner on iran with amnesty international uk. thank you for your time. we do
ambiguous charges. also one of the conditions is these people have to show remorse and also they have to provide a written promise that they will not participate in the protests or take similar actions again. what s the background of these pardons and is there anything unusual about them 7 here s more from nina navid, an iran expert and campaigner with the amnesty international in the uk. we do usually get pardons around the anniversary of the revolution. usually around the new year as well. but it is unusual to pardon those in political protest. i think it is unusual they said they will include those involved in the protest movement. but as your previous guest just said, there is this long list