Law

Recently Freed Greek Prisoner: 4 Iranian Diplomats Alive in Israeli Jail

Golrokh Askarieh -
A Greek prisoner who was recently freed from an Israeli jail disclosed that the four Iranian diplomats who had been abducted by Phalange forces in Northern Lebanon in 1982 are still alive and in Israel's custody, media reports said.
Americas

Security Official Stresses Iran’s Litigation against US Asset Seizure

Golrokh Askarieh -
Secretary of Iran's National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani announced that Tehran will certainly lodge complaints with international courts contesting the US Supreme Court ruling which authorized the transfer of $2bn of Tehran's frozen assets to the families of the victims of a 1983 bombing in Beirut.
Europe

Iran and Poland Sign Deals on Fighting Organized Crime and Cybercrime

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Interior ministers of Iran and Poland on Monday May 23 signed a memorandum of understanding to boost cooperation on fighting organized crime.
Int'l Relations

Tehran Hosting Regional Chemical Weapons Convention Meeting

Golrokh Askarieh -
The 14th Regional Meeting of the National Authorities of State Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in Asia opened in Tehran on Monday May 23.
Law

Saudi Arabia’s Iran Spying Trial ‘Mockery of Justice’: HRW

Golrokh Askarieh -
Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced that Saudi Arabia's trial of 32 men for allegedly spying on behalf of Iran is a "mockery of justice" because it "has violated the basic due process rights of the defendants."
Law

Iran’s SNSC Approves Taking Assets Seizure Case to ICJ

Emad Askarieh -
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has approved a proposal to file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Washington over a US court ruling on the confiscation of the Central Bank of Iran's assets, the Iranian Justice Minister announced.
Americas

Workgroup Recommends SNSC ‘Address US Seizure of CBI Assets’

Emad Askarieh -
The government’s Special Workgroup on the US Seizure of Central Bank Assets has drafted a report of the developments on the US encroachments on the Central Bank assets.
Law

MPs Carry Motion to Seek Compensation from US

Golrokh Askarieh -
The Iranian parliament passed a motion on Sunday May 15 obliging the administration to claim compensation for a host of damages that the US has done to Iran in past decades.
Law

Bomber Linked to 1981 Tehran Attack Arrested in Albania: Iran Police

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran police says one of the perpetrators behind a deadly bomb attack on the headquarters of the Islamic Republic Party (IRP) back in 1981 has been arrested.
Asia

Iran and China Discuss Cooperation on Fighting Corruption

Golrokh Askarieh -
In a meeting in Beijing on Wednesday May 11, the Head of Iran's General Inspectorate Organization, Nasser Seraj, and China's Public Prosecutor Cao Jianming, discussed broadening relations, especially a campaign against financial corruption.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Urges Foreign Ministry to Sue US in The Hague

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Speaker of Iran’s Parliament Ali Larijani referred to the “US robbery” of Iranian assets, and called on the Foreign Ministry to seriously pursue the issue in the International Court of Arbitration.
IFP Exclusive

Top Officer Supports Police’s “Moral Security” Plan

IFP Editorial Staff -
The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Hassan Firouzabadi, threw his support behind the law enforcement’s Moral Security Plan, stressing that it has worried those who break social norms in Iran.
Art

Culture Minister Asks Justice Ministry to Help Protect Copyright Law

IFP Editorial Staff -
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati has asked the Ministry of Justice to help protect the copyright law in the country.
IFP Exclusive

No Difference between Arab, Iranian, or Afghan Nationals in Iran’s Judiciary

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The Prosecutor-General of Tehran, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, criticized certain allegations about a lack of serious will in the judicial system in pursuing the recent brutal murder of an Afghan child because of her nationality, and stressed that in Iran, it makes no difference where the victim comes from.
IFP Exclusive

Iran’s Interior Ministry Backs Off from Plainclothes Morality Police Plan

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Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Hossein Zolfaqari announced that a recent plan for using 7,000 plainclothes forces as morality police has been revised,...
IFP Exclusive

Health up for Sale in Beauty Salons

IFP Editorial Staff -
Jam-e Jam newspaper reports on the boom of health and beauty services in unlicensed beauty salons in Iran – words translated by IFP.   The extreme...
Americas

Iran Summons Swiss Envoy over US Supreme Court Ruling

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Swiss ambassador to Tehran to protest the recent ruling by the US Supreme Court against the Islamic Republic.
Incidents

Iranian Police Seize over 2 Tons of Narcotics in Southeastern Province

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran's anti-narcotics police have managed to seize over 2,200 kilograms of opium in two search and seizure operations in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, the provincial police chief said on Wednesday.
Law

Minister: Iran paying price for world peace, security in fighting narcotics

Golrokh Askarieh -
Interior Minister Mohammad Rahmani Fazli said Iran is paying the price for international peace and security in its fighting againat illegal drugs.
Education

Live Rabbit Dissection Leads to Official Censure of School

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The public relations department of Hamedan Provincial Environmental Office announced that a school head-teacher has been suspended, while the teacher responsible has been summoned to appear in front of the infraction committee of the Ministry of Education.
Economy

Iran Facilitates Tax Conditions for Foreign Investors

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran has passed laws giving tax exemptions for five years to foreigners making investments in Iran, said Deputy Head of the Iranian Trade Development Organization Sadeq Ziyaie-Bigdeli.
Europe

UNSC resolution does not ban Su-30 fighter jet sales to Iran: Russia

Golrokh Askarieh -
Russia has rejected a US claim that the sales of Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets to Iran were prohibited under a United Nation Security Council resolution.
IFP Exclusive

The Guardian Council Approves Equal Blood Money [Criminal Restitution] for Men and Women

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The Guardian Council has ratified a bill on third party insurance coverage which states that equal blood money shall be paid for both men and women.
Law

Valuable legislation, meritorious enforcers

Fatemeh Askarieh -
An Iranian Shiite cleric has said that the country needs to reverse the decline in ethical values before it becomes too late.
Law

Iran’s female futsal player uses legal channels to defy travel ban

Emad Askarieh -
Niloufar Ardalan, the captain of Iran's women futsal team, has managed to legally defy the travel ban her husband had imposed on her and attend the 2015 Women's Futsal World Tournament in Guatemala.
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