Ayatollah Khamenei donated cash aid equivalent to $85,000 to help set free 7,500 prisoners who has not committed international crimes.
The Iranians participate in a feast every year to help free their fellow-countrymen jailed due to their incapability to pay for their debts.
People from across Iran take part in this charity-like move to free their compatriots.
In a relevant development in late May, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei pardoned and commuted jail terms of a large number of eligible inmates.
The move was made on the occasion of Mab'ath, the anniversary of the appointment of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) to prophethood.
The Supreme Leader agreed with Judiciary Chief's proposal to pardon and commute prison terms of 593 prisoners.
In a letter to the Supreme Leader, Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani had proposed the pardoning and commuting prison terms of the inmates in accordance with his legal authorities and observing a series of conditions for the move.
Article 110 of the Constitution grants the Supreme Leader the right to pardon or reduce the sentences of convicts upon a recommendation from the head of the Judiciary.
The Article does not apply to all types of convicts, specially those who have been sentenced for their role in armed struggle against the Islamic Republic, armed or organized drug trafficking, rape, armed robbery, arms smuggling, abduction, bribery and embezzlement.
