Judiciary

Iran to Revise Capital Punishment in Near Future: Official

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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.
Europe

Thousands of Polish Women Stage ‘Black Monday’ Strikes to Protest Abortion Law

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Thousands of Polish women dressed in black boycotted work and took to the streets in protest against a plan to ban abortions. Without half their...
Science and Technology

US Hands Internet Control to ICANN

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In an historic decision, the US government finally decided to hand over its control over the Internet.
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.
Finance

Iran’s SNSC Sets New Conditions for Joining FATF

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Head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Kamal Kharrazi said the country’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has set some new conditions for joining the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
Human Rights

Iran Rejects ‘Fallacious’ Remarks by UN Human Rights Chief

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The Iranian High Council for Human Rights dismissed as “untrue and false” recent remarks made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights about lack of cooperation from Tehran over the past years.
Human Rights

Ayatollah Khamenei Grants Clemency to Iranian Convicts

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 700 eligible Iranian convicts.
Security

Top Banker’s Arrest Related to Big Corruption Scandal: IRGC Commander

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Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said the recent arrest of a former top banker by the IRGC intelligence forces is related to a major economic scandal, adding that a number of politicians are also involved in the case.
Security

Police in Iran’s Coastal Province Seize Huge Contraband Cargo

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Iranian police in the southern province of Hormozgan have seized the biggest-ever cargo of contraband in four decades, with more than 200 containers of smuggled goods confiscated, a commander said.
Cinema

Advertisement of Iranian Films in Satellite Channels Requires Revision of Law: Minister

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Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati regretted that Iranian cultural products are not legally allowed to be advertised in satellite channels while 70% of Iranians watch such networks.
Human Rights

What Makes US Shoot-Down of Iran Air Flight 655 Even More Painful

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On the 28th anniversary of the downing of Iran’s commercial airliner by a US Navy guided-missile cruiser, an Iranian man who was 7 when he lost his father in the incident talks about how painful it was to see the US ship’s captain receiving a medal for what he had done.
Media Wire

Legal Chief: US Human Rights Claims Weakened by Bahrain and Yemen Actions

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Washington's support for the suppression of the Bahraini nation and war on Yemen revealed its lies about advocacy of human rights, Iran's Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani claimed on Tuesday June 28.
Media Wire

President Urges Firm Action Over Saudi Embassy Raids

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for firm judicial action against the individuals involved in raids on Saudi diplomatic premises in two Iranian cities back in January.
IFP Exclusive

Social Media Users Call for Revision in Iran’s Military Service Policies

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After the recent deaths of several soldiers in a bus crash in southern Iran, many Iranians were outraged and shocked, and raised online campaigns to express their solidarity with the troopers and their families, as well as calling for revisions to the rules of compulsory military service.
Media Wire

617 Tons of Drugs Seized in Iran in Single Year: Interior Minister

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Iran’s Police carried out over 2,500 anti-narcotics operations in the previous Iranian year alone, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said, noting that the operations had led to the seizure of some 617 tons of drugs.
Media Wire

Iran and Afghanistan Stress Anti-Narcotic Collaboration

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Iranian and Afghan officials underlined the need for cooperation in fighting drug trafficking.
Media Wire

Iran MPs Consider Suing Canada Over Asset Seizure

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A parliamentary panel in Iran is examining Canada's appropriation of Iranian assets for the possible launch of a lawsuit against the seizure, an MP says.
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Golrizan Ceremony, a Longstanding Iranian Charity Tradition

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Several athletes and artists, including Shahab Hosseini who recently won an award at Cannes, as well as the Vice-President for Women Affairs Shahindokht Mowlaverdi, took part in a major charity appeal event in Tehran.
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Academic Describes Canada’s Seizure of Iranian Assets as Unprecedented

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Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, a professor of international law at the University of Tehran, strongly criticized a recent Canadian court ruling to seize Iran’s assets, stressing that such “robbery” is an unprecedented and unacceptable move.
Media Wire

Canadian Court Ruling to Seize Iran’s Assets: FM Reaction

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On Saturday June 11, the Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly criticized a Canadian court’s ruling ordering the seizure of Iranian non-diplomatic assets under the pretext of alleged role in terrorist activities.
Media Wire

Customs Incentive to Support Hotel Industry

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The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration has agreed to reduce tariffs for the import of hotel equipment to support the country’s hotel and tourism industry.
Law

Education and Economics Delaying Marriage

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Iranian men and women are marrying later than ever before. Data from the National Organization for Civil Registration (NOCR) shows that women are now getting married at 27.2 years and men at 31 years, on average. This is a large increase on previous figures, which were 23.8 for women and 28.5 for men.
Americas

Canadian Court Seizes $13m of Iran’s Non-Diplomatic Assets

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A court in Canada has issued a verdict giving $13 million of Iran’s non-diplomatic assets to the families of Americans who died in several attacks blamed on Iran.
Nature and Wildlife

Caspian Sea Meeting Wraps Up Meeting in Moscow

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The 45th meeting of the special working group of the Caspian Sea concluded in Russia’s capital of Moscow on June 10 with a communiqué.
Incidents

Police Seize over Two Tons of Opium in Southeast Iran

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Iran’s anti-narcotics police have managed to seize over 2,000kg of opium in two search and seizure operations in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, the provincial police chief said on Monday May 5.
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