Iran Forgives Draft Evaders
<i> Reuters</i>
NICOSIA, Cyprus —
Iran’s spiritual leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is scrapping all punishment for draft evaders in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War to mark Iran’s new year, which begins today, Tehran Radio said Wednesday.
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