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Interesting Penalties Introduced for Illegal Hunts in Iran

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Judges in Iran have recently started giving hunters interestingly unconventional sentences over illegal hunts.
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Iran President’s Brother Arrested on Financial Charges

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s brother Hossein Fereydoun has been arrested after failing to post the bail set for him, the Judiciary spokesman says.
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Female Bahraini Activist on Hunger Strike in Prison

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Bahraini human rights advocate, Ebtisam Al-Saegh, who was arrested on July 3 after security forces attacked her house, has gone on hunger strike since Friday night.
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6 Murderers Escape ‘Eye for an Eye’ Punishment in Iran

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Six men who had committed murder in separate cases in Iran have managed to obtain consent from the victims' parents and escaped the gallows.
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78 Judges Suspended in Iran Last Year: Judiciary

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The Iranian Judiciary says it has suspended 78 judges from the bench during the past Iranian year (ended in mid-March 2017).
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‘Iran’s Law on FOI, Landmark in Promoting Civil Rights’

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A top Iranian academic says the law on Freedom of Information is a turning point in promoting civil rights in the Islamic Republic.
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Iran Launches Portal to Promote Freedom of Information (FOI)

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In an effort to increase transparency and promote Freedom of Information (FOI) in the Islamic Republic, the Iranian government has officially launched a portal that provides people with free access to the information of state institutions.
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45 Foreign Ambassadors Tour Tehran’s Evin Prison

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The Iranian Judiciary has taken dozens of foreign ambassadors residing in Tehran to a tour of Evin Prison to prove that the allegations raised against Iranian prisons are wrong and politically-motivated.
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Spokesman Blasts Canadian Court’s Anti-Iran Ruling

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Iran’s foreign ministry has slammed a Canadian court’s decision to uphold a US court ruling against the Islamic Republic, calling it a breach of international law.
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How US Media Cover Same Tragedies in Opposite Ways

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A political commentator has weighed in on the US double standards in reaction to two similar tragic incidents: the USSR’s shoot-down of a Korean airliner, and the US downing of an Iranian passenger plane.
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Iran Leader Urges Judiciary to Declare Position on Int’l Affairs

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called on Iran’s Judiciary to legally pursue international issues and declare its stances on various subjects, such as sanctions or the US freeze on Iran’s assets.
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Iran Not to Forgive Perpetrators of Attack on Iran Air Flight 655

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Iran’s foreign ministry has released a statement to mark the 29th anniversary of the downing of an Iranian commercial airliner by a US Navy guided-missile cruiser back in 1988.
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Iran Slams France for Double Standard on Terrorism

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Iran has strongly criticized the French government for allowing the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) to hold its annual gathering in Paris.
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Telegram Not Asked to Reveal Iranian Users’ Info: CEO

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The CEO of Telegram messaging app says the Iranian government has never asked the company to provide it with the private information of Iranian users.
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Iran Condemns Any Use, Threat to Use WMD: FM

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Iran’s foreign minister says unlike the hypocritical and double-standard policies of the US and other so-called advocates of human rights, the Islamic Republic of Iran vehemently condemns any use or threat to use weapons of mass destruction including chemical weapons.
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Lawmaker Writes Book on Iran’s Legislation System

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A new book has been published by an Iranian lawmaker on the pathology of the country’s legislation system.
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‘Bigoted’ Muslim Ban Not to Make US Safer: Iran FM

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Iranian foreign minister says the ban US President Donald Trump has imposed on Muslim people is a ‘bigoted’ policy and will not make the US a safer place.
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Iran Leader Pardons 1049 Prisoners on Eid al-Fitr

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Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, has pardoned or commuted prison terms of 1,049 convicts found guilty by various Iranian courts.
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40,000 Inmates in Iran Granted Amnesty in One Year

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Iran's Judiciary spokesman, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’I, says nearly 40,000 prisoners in Iran have been granted amnesty in a one-year period.
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ISIS Elements Are ‘Corrupters of Earth’ in Iran’s Law

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The Iranian judiciary spokesman says those cooperating with the ISIS and other terrorist groups are considered as ‘corrupters of the earth’ according to Iran’s Islamic law.
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Hackers Use Bahrain FM’s Twitter Account to Share Anti-Saudi Posts

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The verified twitter account of Bahrain’s foreign minister was temporarily hacked by an anonymous group named Al-Mokhtar Brigade, who posted tweets against the Saudi and Bahraini regimes’ crimes.
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Iran Judiciary Slams Provocative Remarks on Opposition Figures’ House Arrest

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Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani indirectly criticized Hassan Rouhani’s campaign promise to end the house arrest of opposition figures, saying those who make such ‘provocative’ promises are not in a position to fulfil them.
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22 Int’l Bodies Call for UNSC’s Action to End Yemen Crisis

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Several international organizations in a letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have pointed to the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen, and called for the world body’s action to bring about an immediate ceasefire.
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Iran Starts Implementing Law on Freedom of Information (FOI)

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An Iranian official says an online system has been launched to provide Iranian citizens with free access to the information of public and private organizations and institutes.
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Iran to Start Using Homegrown Ankle Monitors

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Iran has unveiled its first indigenous ankle monitor made by domestic experts as part of a nationwide project to electronically supervise and watch prisoners, which will be implemented within six months.
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