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Judiciary

Tehran Court orders U.S. to pay $300mn in compensation over 1980 failed Nojeh coup

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The United States has been sentenced to paying a total of $330 million in fines and damages to families of those martyred in the Nojeh coup plot in 1980.
Judiciary

Iranian court issues final verdicts over murder of security guard Ajamian

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An Iranian court has handed down prison sentences to the remaining defendants in the case of a security guard who was murdered during the riots and protests last year near the capital, Tehran.
Judiciary

Official: 20 people nabbed in connection with Shiraz terror attack

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A top Iranian judiciary official says 20 suspects have been apprehended in connection with the recent terrorist attack on a holy shrine in the city of Shiraz in Iran’s southern province of Fars.
Cinema

Iranian filmmaker Roustayi given six-month sentence

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Iranian film director Saeed Roustayi has been sentenced to 6 months in prison on the charges of “propaganda against the government” and production and screening of controversial movie Leila’s Brothers at the Cannes Film Festival.
Security

Shah Cheragh assailant from Tajikistan, terrorists safe house identified

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Ten suspects linked to an armed terrorist attack on Sunday at the Shah Cheragh shrine in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz have been arrested so far, a top judiciary official announced.
Judiciary

Iran says brought ‘huge’ case against 107 MKO elements

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Kazem Gharibabadi, secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights, said Tehran has brought a “huge” case against more than a hundred members of the terrorist cult Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), which has murdered thousands of Iranian citizens including high-ranking officials.
Human Rights

Iran says has no pre-conditions for prisoner swap with US

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stated Tehran views the issue of prisoner exchange with Washington as a humanitarian move, stressing that Tehran has no pre-conditions in this regard.
Judiciary

Former judicial official returned to Evin Prison in graft case after being released 

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Iran’s Judiciary says a former judicial official who was found guilty in a corruption case has been returned to Evin Prison to serve his 12.5-year jail sentence. Earlier, Tabari was released after serving 45 months of his sentence. 
Judiciary

City Jail in west-central Iran relocated to outskirts

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A prison in the west-central Iranian province of Alborz has been fully evacuated and shut down.
Judiciary

Tehran criminal court names 104 fugitive MKO members to be tried

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A criminal court in Tehran has published an advertisement, naming 104 fugitive members of the anti-Iran Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group and calling on them to appoint defense attorneys for themselves.
Judiciary

Death sentence overturned for young Iranian involved in last year’s unrest

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Iran’s Supreme Court has overturned the Gesaas (retribution) sentence for Mohammad Qobadlou, who was arrested during the wave of the anti-government protests and deadly riots in the country last year.
Judiciary

Lawyer: Iran rapper death sentence revoked, client got imprisonment

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The lawyer for Iranian rapper, Tomaj Salehi, who had received a primary death sentence for “provoking violence” during anti-government protests in Iran last year, says her client has been sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison for “corruption on earth.”
Judiciary

Iran executes 2 individuals behind 2022 terror attack at Shia shrine in Shiraz

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Iran executes two people involved in a deadly terror attack last year at a Shia shrine in the city of Shiraz, which was claimed by the Daesh terror group.
Human Rights

Iran rights chief denounces UN fact-finding mission as politically motivated

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Secretary-General of Iran's High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has stressed that establishing an Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran is an unreasonable politically motivated act.
Music

Iranian rapper receives death sentence, later commuted to imprisonment: Report

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Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was arrested for “provoking violence” during anti-government protests in Iran last year, received a primary death sentence, but the ruling was later commuted to imprisonment, a report says.
Human Rights

Rights chief: Iran will soon launch court process over Gen. Soleimani assassination by US

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Iran’s top human rights official says a court process will soon be launched into the case of the assassination of the anti-terror icon Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani by the US military in early 2020.
Human Rights

Iran files complaint against Canada at UN court for breaching state immunity

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Iran has launched legal proceedings at the United Nation’s top court against Canada for breaching Tehran’s state immunity by designating the country a sponsor of terrorism under “false and wrongful” allegations.
Judiciary

Iranian judicial official urges MEK hosts to kick out terror group’s members 

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The Iranian Judiciary’s deputy chief for international affairs says Tehran has taken vast judicial measures to bring to justice the members of the anti-Iran group MEK. 
Judiciary

Spokesman: Canada not cooperating in extradition of ex-Iran bank chief

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The spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary says the Canadian government does not cooperate with Iran in the extradition of the former CEO of National Bank of Iran (Bank Melli Iran), who is accused of multi-billion dollar corruption.
Human Rights

Iran’s envoy rejects ‘biased and unfair’ UN human rights report

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Iran’s permanent representative to the UN office and other international organizations in Geneva Ali Bahraini has slammed as “biased” and "unfair" a report by the world body on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic.
Cinema

Iranian actress Shaghayegh Dehghan given 10 days in jail for not wearing hijab

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Iranian actress Shaghayegh Dehghan has reportedly been given a 10-day jail term for failing to abide by mandatory hijab, or Islamic dress code, in public.
Human Rights

Recently-freed Danish inmate says treated well in Iran

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A Danish citizen, recently released by Tehran in a prisoner swap, has stated that he was treated "like a guest" throughout his imprisonment in Iran.
Foreign Policy

Belgium thanks Iran for release of European nationals

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The Belgian foreign minister has thanked Iran for helping to resolve the issue of European prisoners in Iranian jails.
Human Rights

Iran confirms release of European national from jail

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Iran’s top human rights official has confirmed the release of two Iranian-Austrian nationals and a Danish citizen, who were serving prison terms in Iran for security-related crimes, on “humanitarian grounds.”
Judiciary

Foreign diplomats make tour of women’s prison in Iran’s capital

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Envoys and diplomats of 28 countries besides representatives of international organizations in Iran paid a visit to a women’s detention facility in Tehran organized by the country’s judicial officials.
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