Human Rights

Iran’s Leader Pardons, Eases Sentences of over 1,200 Iranian Prisoners

IFP Editorial Staff -
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Thursday pardoned or commuted prison terms of 1,231 convicts sentenced by various Iranian courts.
Environment

Prison Sentence Changed to 1,000 Hours of Work on Environment

IFP Editorial Staff -
A young Iranian criminal who had been sentenced to prison will serve his term by cleaning up the environment from now on.
Judiciary

Corrupt Billionaire’s Death Sentence Upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court

IFP Media Wire -
The Supreme Court of Iran has upheld a death sentence that a court had handed down to Iranian corporate mogul Babak Zanjani in March on corruption charges, an official said Saturday.
Human Rights

Drug Addict Receives 30-Year Prison Term after Torturing His Wife

IFP Editorial Staff -
A drug-addicted man in Iran has been sentenced to over 30 years in prison for imprisoning and torturing his wife and children, according to the woman’s female lawyer.
IFP Exclusive

Reactions to an Overnight Attempt to Arrest Iranian MP

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An attempt to arrest the reformist Iranian lawmaker Mahmoud Sadeqi on Sunday has sparked great controversy during the past few days in Iran.
Middle East

Turkey’s Parliament to Consider Death Penalty for Coup Plotters: Erdogan

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his government would ask parliament to consider reintroducing the death penalty as a punishment for the plotters behind the July coup bid.
Human Rights

Iran, Iraq Cannot Accept West’s Reading of Human Rights: Tehran

IFP Media Wire -
Iran’s Judiciary chief says the Islamic Republic and Iraq are capable of introducing their own version of human rights principles, saying the two neighbors will not bow to the Western reading of the concept.
Law

Iranian Justice Minister Calls for Revision of Death Penalty Laws

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Iran’s Minister of Justice says the capital punishment has not been effective in the past years in Iran, and its rules and regulations should be revised.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Slams US Attempts to Save Terrorists in Region

IFP Media Wire -
Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani criticized the US for its support for terrorism in the region, including attempts to save Daesh (ISIL) terrorists in the Iraqi city of Mosul.
Incidents

Illegal Afghan Immigrant Sexually Assaults Iranian Woman

IFP Editorial Staff -
An illegal Afghan immigrant was arrested on charge of sexual offence against an Iranian woman.
Judiciary

Iran to Revise Capital Punishment in Near Future: Official

IFP Editorial Staff -
Head of Iran’s Supreme Human Rights Council has told a Brazilian daily that Tehran will make amendments to its laws that sentence criminals to death penalty.
Judiciary

Envoy Highlights Global Merits of Iran’s Anti-Drug Campaign

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Iranian envoy to the United Nations said Iran's relentless campaign against armed drug traffickers at regional and international levels has “protected part of the global community from the evil of addiction”.
Foreign Policy

EU Urged to Stop Repeating Unusual Stances about Iran’s Judiciary

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Iran has called on the European Union to refrain from making unconventional statements about Iran’s judiciary system.
Selected

Iran Frees Iranian-Canadian Academic on Humanitarian Grounds

IFP Editorial Staff -
Iran says it has released an Iranian-Canadian academic, who had been imprisoned in Tehran since June for seeking to undermine security in the Islamic Republic, on humanitarian grounds.
Judiciary

Use of Telegram Banned in Iran’s Government Offices

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Abdul-Samad Khoramabadi, an Iranian judiciary official, said the state-run institutions that make use of Telegram in their administrative affairs will be indicted for breaking the law.
Judiciary

Leader Pardons over 500 Iranian Prisoners

IFP Media Wire -
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday pardoned or commuted prison terms of 582 convicts sentenced by various Iranian courts.
Judiciary

Iran, Italy Mull Human Rights, Anti-Terror Cooperation

IFP Media Wire -
Officials from Iran and Italy hailed the most recent round of bilateral talks on human rights issues, with the both sides calling for closer interaction in the fight against terrorism, such as by the exchange of intelligence information.
Judiciary

Iran’s Judiciary Official in Italy for Talks

IFP Media Wire -
Chief of the Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani arrived in Rome on Tuesday for the third round of talks on Iran-Italy judicial cooperation.
Judiciary

President Vows Iran’s Political, Legal Action on Mina Tragedy

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underscored on Wednesday that his administration will press ahead with legal and political measures to restore the country’s rights in connection with a fatal crush of Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia that killed hundreds of Iranians last year.
Judiciary

Iran to Extradite 251 Afghan Convicts in Coming Weeks: Deputy FM

IFP Media Wire -
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates' Affairs Hassan Qashqavi announced that 251 Afghan prisoners will be extradited from Iran in coming weeks.
Nuclear

Iran Confirms Arrest of Individual Close to Nuclear Negotiating Team

IFP Media Wire -
Iran’s Judiciary spokesman confirmed on Sunday reports on detention of an individual close to the country’s nuclear negotiating team by security and intelligence forces.
Judiciary

Alternative to Death Sentence Proposed for Drug Traffickers

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An Iranian judiciary official believes that the death penalty has failed to reduce drug trafficking in Iran, and alternative punishments should be given for narcotics-related offences.
Judiciary

Iran Ministry to Own Billionaire’s Assets

IFP Media Wire -
The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran has accepted to let the Ministry of Petroleum take over assets of billionaire Babak Zanjani who has been sentenced to death for embezzlement.
Human Rights

Ayatollah Khamenei Grants Clemency to Iranian Convicts

IFP Media Wire -
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 700 eligible Iranian convicts.
Judiciary

Iran’s Judiciary Confirms Execution of Iranian Academic over Espionage

IFP Editorial Staff -
Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei confirmed on Sunday, August 7, that the Iranian nuclear academic Shahram Amiri has been executed after being convicted of espionage for the US.
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