Order [The excepted ones from the general amnesty]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

Honorable Mr. Public Prosecutor of the Courts of the Islamic Revolution:

Considering that on the glorious 15 th of Sha`ban- the auspicious birth anniversary of His Holiness the Master of the Age- all the convicted who had committed wrongs in the former regime, with the exception of those individuals that will be mentioned below, are to be granted amnesty, it is necessary that you order all the courts of the Islamic Revolution throughout the country to look into the file of the convicted at the earliest, and to immediately free those who are pardoned. The exceptions are as follow:

1. Those who have personally undertaken the killing of a person or persons;

2. Those who have ordered the killing of a person or persons;

3. Individuals who have personally tortured or given orders for the torture of prisoners; and

4. Persons that in some way or the other misappropriated public property.

Meanwhile, it is to be noted that the above amnesty does not apply to those persons about whom the verdict of the courts was issued prior to the amnesty of the 15 th of Sha`ban 1399 AH. In addition, after the issuance of the order of amnesty, if any person commits a crime, he must be prosecuted and punished. Kindly announce emphatically that no person has the right to directly lodge a complaint against the police, military, gendarmeries, and disciplinary forces, and the accused in these organizations must be turned over to the courts through their own superiors. Those who violate this order are liable to be prosecuted and punished.

Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini