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iranian state television says that the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has pardoned a large number of prisoners linked to protests. the state broadcaster says that ayatollah khamenei was responding to a proposal by the head of the judiciary. iranian media outlets say that the letter from the judiciary chief said that a number of people, especially the young, had committed wrongful actions and crimes because of incitement and propaganda by the enemy. our middle east analyst sebast...

what we dont know, obviously the numbers. we dont know when or how this will happen. we do know the way that its written says its an answer to an appeal, a letter from the head of the judiciary who essentially frames it as being many people who went out to protest, particularly the young, were misled, by foreign agents, propaganda from abroad, and that they now want forgiveness. and theyre still described as riots, nothing more, nothing less. so, in terms of how the authorities frame t...

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 abo...

suspected of spying — which was brought down by an american fighter jet yesterday. the former president of pakistan, general pervez musharraf, has died at the age of 79 — following a long illness. irans supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei 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 regularl...

Overi million nhs workers got a pay rise last year when there wasnt one on offer. theres a pay rise on the table this year. the government has urged the unions to call off this weeks strike action and get back round the table, but pressure has been growing over the weekend on ministers to be the ones to unblock talks. it is the governments responsibility. they can sort this. you know, the unions have said, even before this started at christmas, if you meet us to discuss pay, well call this off. ...

Theres a pay rise on the table this year. the government has urged the unions to call off this weeks strike action and get background the table, but pressure has been growing over action and get back round the table, but pressure has been growing over the weekend on ministers to be the ones to unblock talks. it is the governments responsibility. they can sort this. you know, the unions have said, even before this started at christmas, if you meet us to discuss pay, well call this off. 0k. we hav...