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Iran Leader Appoints Ayatollah Raisi as New Judiciary Chief

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has appointed veteran judicial official, Hojjatoleslam Ebrahim Raeisi, as new head of Iran’s Judiciary.
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Iran Frees French Citizen Detained for Illegal Entry

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the country has released a French national who had been detained for unauthorized entry.
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Iran to Appoint New Judiciary Chief by Mid-March

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The spokesman for Iran’s judiciary says the replacement for Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani, the incumbent Judiciary chief who has been appointed the head of the Expediency Council, will start working before this Iranian year is finished (March 20).
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Iran Leader Pardons Huge Number of Inmates

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has agreed to pardon or commute the sentences of a large number of Iranian convicts on the occasion of Islamic Revolution's 40th anniversary.
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Iran to Pardon 50,000 Convicts on Revolution’s 40th Anniv.

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The Iranian Judiciary Chief Amoli Larijani said 50,000 convicts will receive pardons from Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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UK Intervention Not to Accelerate Zaghari’s Release: Iran Envoy

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The Iranian Ambassador to the UK says interventions by the British government in the case of an Iranian-British dual national prisoned in Iran for espionage will not do any good.
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Iran Denies Reports about US Citizen’s Well-Being in Jail

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed as “untrue” reports by certain US media that an American citizen is imprisoned in the Iranian city of Mashhad in suboptimal conditions.
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Iran Judiciary Investigating Activist’s Torture Claims

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A fact-finding mission formed by Iran’s Judiciary has travelled to Iran’s south-western province of Khuzestan to investigate claims by a worker saying he was mistreated during his time in prisons, a senior official announced.
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Iran Leader Offers Condolences on Demise of Expediency Council Chief

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Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has expressed condolences over the passing of Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, the 70-year-old late chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council and former Judiciary chief who died in Tehran on Monday.
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Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi Dies at 70

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Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, the head of Iran's Expediency Council and former Judiciary Chief, has passed away at the age of 70.
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Iran’s First Female Judge Talks of Her Experiences

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An Iranian woman, who had been appointed as the country’s first female judge, believes that women’s sensitivity can help them in many cases despite the popular belief that women cannot judge because of their sensitive nature.
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Iran Urges UK to Settle Its Outstanding Debts

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Iran’s Judiciary chief says countries such as Britain are indebted to Iran as they received money in return for weapons before the 1979 Islamic Revolution and must now repay the long overdue debts.
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Iranian Couples Must Take Part in Counselling Sessions before Marriage

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It is compulsory for Iranian couples to attend pre-marriage counselling sessions in order to prevent future problems which often lead to early divorces, officials say.
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‘Zaghari-Ratcliffe Citizen of Iran, Tried Based on Iran’s Law’

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British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt was told in his Monday trip to Tehran that Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a citizen of Iran, convicted based on Iran’s domestic law.
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Outrageous Cosmetic Surgeries Becoming All the Rage in Iran

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The so-called “donkey ears” and “cat’s eyes” are the latest beauty surgery trends in Iran after “pig noses” and “camel lips.”
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Iran Executes ‘Sultan of Coins’ for Financial Corruption

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Iran executed two financial criminals who had hoarded two tons of gold coins in order to agitate the country’s gold market.
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Those behind Khashoggi’s Murder Must Be Tried in Istanbul: Erdogan

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says all those behind the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi should be brought to justice, calling for all suspects in the case to stand trial in Istanbul.
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Iran to Annul Imprisonment Penalty over Failure to Pay Mahr

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Iranian lawmakers are to revoke the imprisonment penalty for husbands unable to pay Mahr, the money that husbands undertake to pay their wives on demand based on Islamic law.
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Three Sentenced to Death for Economic Corruption: Iran’s Judiciary

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Iran's judicial officials have handed down death sentences to three people convicted of economic corruption amid an intense anti-corruption campaign launched by the Iranian government to tackle soaring economic problems currently nagging the country.
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Iranian Court Gives Odd Sentence to Prank Caller

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A court in Iran has given a strange sentence to a prank caller which urges him to post a placard in public asking for the plaintiff’s forgiveness.
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Iran to Arrange Meeting with Argentina to Investigate AMIA Case

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Iran has rejected the Argentine president’s claim that Tehran has not cooperated with Buenos Aires in the case of the bombing of AMIA building back in the 1990s, saying it will arrange a meeting between the two countries’ judiciaries to probe into the case.
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Denmark to Extradite Al-Ahvazi Terrorists to Iran If Allegations Proven

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Danish Foreign Ministry spokesman says Copenhagen will extradite members of an anti-Iran terrorist group who reside in the European country, if it finds evidence proving Iran’s allegation that they were behind the Saturday’s attack in south-western city of Ahvaz.
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Ahmadinejad’s VP Mashaei Sentenced to 6.5 Years in Jail

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A vice-president under former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has received a 6.5 year prison sentence on several charges including threatening the country’s national security.
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UK: Useful Talks Held with Iran on JCPOA, British-Iranian Prisoner

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A senior British diplomat says he held “useful conversations” with Iranian officials in Tehran on the 2015 nuclear deal and the fate of British-Iranian dual citizen Nazanin Zaghari, who is imprisoned in Iran.
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Police Forces Stop Marriage of Underage Girl in Iran’s Mashhad

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The Iranian Judiciary says it has saved a nine-year-old girl from getting married to a much older man in the holy city of Mashhad in Khorasan Razavi Province.
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