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Iran Leader Pardons, Commutes Sentences of 615 Prisoners

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Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted the sentences of 615 Iranian prisoners convicted by various courts.
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Iran’s Anti-US ICJ Lawsuit Aimed at Countering Washington’s Pressure

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A senior Iranian diplomat says Iran’s lawsuit at the International Court of Justice against the return of US sanctions is aimed at placing pressure on Washington, as Tehran is not hopeful the US will abide by the verdict.
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ICJ Starts Hearing Iran’s Lawsuit against US over Illegal Sanctions

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The International Court of Justice has begun hearing a lawsuit brought by Iran against new US sanctions ordered by the Trump administration.
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Tehran Warns Riyadh of Consequences of Executing Activists

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Iran’s High Council of Human Rights has warned Saudi Arabia of the consequences of its "cruelties," including reported plans to execute several human rights activists.
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London Thanks Tehran for Temporary Release of British-Iranian Dual National

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British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has thanked Iran for granting a three-day furlough to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a dual national jailed in Iran on charge of covert propaganda efforts against the Islamic Republic.
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No 50-50 Share Stipulated in Iran-Russia Treaties on Caspian Sea

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry has responded to some legal ambiguities which have arisen about Iran’s share of the Caspian Sea based on treaties signed by Iran and the USSR.
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Gov’t Gives Guarantee Iran’s Share of Caspian Sea Not Reduced

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The Iranian Foreign Ministry says it guarantees the country’s share of the Caspian Sea has not been reduced at all based on the Convention recently signed on the legal regime of the Caspian Sea by the leaders of Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan in Aktau.
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Iran Chamber of Commerce Says Tehran Must Join FATF

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Iran’s Chamber of Commerce has urged the Rouhani administration to join the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international body which develops policies to combat money laundering.
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Yemen School Bus Tragedy Moves UN Envoy to Tears

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The grave conditions of little kids injured by a recent Saudi airstrike targeting a school bus in Yemen moved the UN envoy to tears.
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Caspian Sea Convention Ensures All Littoral States’ Interests: Iran

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The Iranian foreign ministry says the recent convention signed by Iran, Turkmenistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan Republic on the Caspian Sea’s legal regime ensures the interests of all the five nations.
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Iran Parliament Summons FM Zarif to Explain Caspian Sea Legal Regime

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will appear in the parliament to respond to questions about the newly-signed convention on the Caspian Sea legal regime.
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US Owes Iran over $110 Billion in Compensation: VP

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The Iranian vice-president for legal affairs says the US must pay Iran over $110 billion in unpaid compensation over the damages it caused to the Iranian nation.
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Landmark Convention on Caspian Sea Legal Regime Signed in Kazakhstan

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Leaders of five Caspian Sea littoral states – Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan – on Sunday inked a historic Convention on the Legal Regime of the Caspian Sea as well as six other strategic and economic pacts.
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No Demarcation Included in Caspian Sea Legal Regime Convention: Iran

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has rejected the claim that the demarcation of the Caspian Sea is to be finalized in a meeting underway in Kazakhstan on Sunday, August 12.
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Iran President in Kazakhstan to Sign Landmark Caspian Sea Deal

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is in the Kazakh port city of Aktau to attend the fifth summit of the leaders of five states bordering the Caspian Sea, during which a long-awaited convention on the legal status of the sea is to be signed.
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Iran Leader Urges “Swift, Just” Prosecution of Those Involved in Economic Corruption

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In response to a letter by Head of Iran's Judiciary Branch, seeking permission to take special measures in order to confront economic corruption, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution approved the request and called for “swift and just” legal action against economic corruption.
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Iran Legislation Watchdog Ratifies Parliamentary Amendment to CTF Law

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The spokesman for Iran’s Guardian Council says the body has ratified a legislation amending a law on Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF).
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Iran Parliament Adopts Motions to Support Women, Children

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Iranian lawmakers have adopted a number of motions to further support and protect the rights of women and children in the Islamic Republic.
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Top Judge Laments West’s Concerns over Rights Situation of Iranian Protestors

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Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani has censured western powers for adopting double-standard policies on human rights, lamenting that the self-proclaimed advocates of human rights keep mum about grave crimes committed by their allies against nations in the region but shed crocodile tears for Iranian protestors.
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Top Violator of Child Rights Shedding Crocodile Tears for Iranians

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week urged the world to “help” the children and teenagers of Iran who, he said, are being oppressed by the Iranian government, but the world still remembers the bitter stories of numerous Palestinian kids oppressed by the Israeli regime during the past decades.
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Iran Parliament Working on Plan to Abolish Conscription

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The Iranian Parliament’s National Security Commission is mulling over a plan to abolish the compulsory enlistment of Iranian men above 18 years of age in the military service, and to introduce an alternative plan that would make the army professional.
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ICJ to Hold Hearing Session in August on Iran’s Lawsuit against US

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The International Court of Justice said it will hold hearings next month to hear a lawsuit brought by Iran against the US for breaching the 1955 Treaty of Amity by re-imposing sanctions.
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Zoroastrian Cleric Rejects Pompeo’s Claims about Minorities in Iran

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A top Zoroastrian cleric in Iran’s Isfahan province has dismissed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s claims that religious minorities in Iran do not have freedom, saying that such statements are futile and groundless.
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“Iran on Verge of Major Legal Victory against US”

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A senior Iranian expert says the ICJ’s recent letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him not to take any further actions regarding anti-Iran sanctions shows the Islamic Republic is on the brink of achieving an historic legal victory over the United States.
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Why Netanyahu Feels “Concerned” about White Helmets?

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The Israeli military, in a “humanitarian gesture”, recently evacuated the White Helmets, a creative wing of terrorists fighting in Syria who are known for their fake reports about chemical attacks in the war-torn country.
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