iranian state television says that the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has pardoned a large number of prisoners linked to protests. iranian media outlets say that a letter from the head of the judiciary said that a number of people, especially the young, had committed wrongful actions and crimes because of incitement and propaganda by the enemy. taraneh stone, from the bbc s persian service, joins me now. thank you for coming in. talk us through, first of all, what we know about what has happened here. figs through, first of all, what we know about what has happened here. as you mentioned, about what has happened here. as you mentioned. the about what has happened here. as you mentioned, the supreme about what has happened here. as you mentioned, the supreme leader - about what has happened here. as you mentioned, the supreme leader has . mentioned, the supreme leader has agreed to pardon and commute sentences of tens of people who are imprisoned or who are waiting
struggling sevilla later. australia s mens cricket team are hoping their success on their tours to pakistan and sri lanka in the past year will be a great platform to deliver a first series win in india in nearly two decades. the team are now in nagpur ahead of their first test on thursday. coach andrew macdonald says their lack of success in india won t be playing on their minds. the group that we have got now, here at training, it shouldn t inherit the past performances of previous australian teams. that goes for the successful tours as well, in 20011. it feels that we are well prepared, and i think pat alluded to the fact that we played pakistan, sri lanka and indiana 12 month period. the fact that we have three subcontinent tours in 12 months is really good to build on, and this isjust a continuation of the journey for this team. we have players in there who