On the occasion of the Mab'ath of Seal of the Prophets, Mohammad Mustafa (peace be upon him and his family), the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution agreed to offer amnesty or commutation of the sentences of seven hundred and forty-one (741) convicts of the General and Revolutionary Courts, the governmental discretionary punishments, and the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces.

Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, the chief of justice, in a letter to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, proposed pardon or commutation or changing of the sentences of those convicted who were deemed eligible by the Parole Commission of the Judiciary. In implementing Section 11 of Article 110 of the Constitution, this proposal was approved by Ayatollah Khamenei.