{"id":68877,"date":"2023-02-07T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T07:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=68877"},"modified":"2023-02-07T01:56:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T20:56:19","slug":"iran-acknowledges-tens-of-thousands-detained-in-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-world-news\/iran-acknowledges-tens-of-thousands-detained-in-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran acknowledges \u2018tens of thousands\u2019 detained in protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN, Iran \u2013 February 6 (ONLINE) Iranian activists on Sunday dismissed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s decree reportedly ordering amnesty or a reduction in prison sentences for \u201ctens of thousands\u201d of people detained amid nationwide anti-government protests shaking the country, acknowledging for the first time the scale of the crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhamenei\u2019s hypocritical pardon doesn\u2019t change anything,\u201d said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam of the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only all protesters must be released unconditionally, but also it is a public right that those who ordered the bloody repression and their agents are held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The decree by Khamenei, part of a yearly pardoning by the supreme leader before the anniversary of the 1979 revolution, comes as a long-detained opposition leader called for a nationwide referendum on whether to write a new constitution for Iran.<\/p>\n<p>State media also published a list of caveats over the order that would disqualify those with ties abroad or facing spying charges \u2014 allegations which have been met with wide international criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei \u201cagreed to offer amnesty and reduce the sentences of tens of thousands accused and convicted in the recent incidents,\u201d the state-run IRNA news agency said in a Farsi report.<\/p>\n<p>A later IRNA report carried by its English-language service said the 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