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The spokesperson for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the release of Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, an Iranian citizen who had been detained in Italy, and his return to the homeland.
The head of the Semnan Judiciary announced that a Swiss national detained on espionage charges committed suicide this Thursday morning in Semnan Prison, in eastern Tehran.
A eulogist who insulted a Sunni cleric and mosque in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, has been arrested in the city of Qom, the prosecutor general of southeastern Iranian provincial capital Zahedan announced.
The Deputy for Legal and International Affairs at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that there are 23,000 victims of terrorism in the country. Kazem Qaribabadi has emphasized that Iran is the largest victim of terrorism in the world.
The spokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary clarified that no complaints have been filed against former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif or others regarding dual citizenship or relatives holding foreign citizenship.
The Iranian Judiciary announced on Wednesday the execution of a man who terrorized and injured 59 women and girls in the Iranian capital Tehran using an awl.
Parastoo Ahmadi, a female Iranian singer, who recently performed a virtual concert in Iran without wearing Hijab, was released from detention early Sunday morning, according to her lawyer Milad Panahipour.
Following the release of a video at a caravanserai in Iran on social media, featuring a group performing a piece of music with a female vocalist without adhering to legal and religious regulations, a legal case has been initiated against the group.
Migrants from neighboring Afghanistan form the majority of some 8,000 foreign nationals incarcerated in Iran, the Deputy Minister of Human Rights and International Affairs at Iran’s Ministry of Justice announced on Tuesday, adding the first phase of transferring the convicts to their home country has initiated.
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who had supported the nationwide protests and riots in Iran, and was convicted of propaganda against the government, has been released after serving his sentence, Mizan news agency affiliated with the country’s judiciary reported on Monday.
Iran’s Prosecutor General has called on Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi to intensify efforts in pursuing the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
The secretary of Iran's Human Rights Headquarters has called for the expulsion of Israel from the United Nations Commission on Status of Women in separate letters to four high-ranking UN officials, emphasizing the need for accountability for Israel's crimes in Gaza and Lebanon.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi has called on the European Union to abandon its "arrogant and irresponsible" behavior regarding Iran’s nuclear talks.
A court in Iran’s Isfahan province has officially closed the case against detained rapper Tumaj Salehi dating back to 2021 over his support for the nationwide unrest and deadly riots.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has censured as politically-motivated and unjustified the adoption of a resolution against Iran in the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly over alleged human rights violations.
The Deputy Minister for International Affairs and Human Rights of Iran's Justice Ministry announced that within the next two months, a thousand Afghan prisoners will be returned to their country from Iran.
The spokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary announced that two detained Iranian journalists, convicted of collaborating with enemies in the case of the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman whose death sparked nation-wide unrest and deadly riots in Iran in 2022, have submitted a pardon request.
An Iranian court has sentenced three individuals affiliated with Israel to death after they were convicted of procuring equipment used in the assassination of top scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in November 2020, according to the country's judiciary.
A spokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary announced that Jamshid Sharmahd, leader of the “Tondar” terrorist group and member of the so-called “Kingdom Assembly of Iran,” passed away before his execution.
Shohreh Mousavi, former director of Iran’s Football Federation, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison as part of the high-profile “King Money” case involving widespread economic disruption and fraud.
Jamshid Sharmehed, the ringleader of the US-based Tondar (Thunder) terrorist group, who for years planned numerous terrorist operations against Iran, was executed.
A spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary says it has no information about whether the house arrest of former presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi and the latter’s wife Zahra Rahnavard has come to an end.
