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Iran calls for solid work on implementation of security pact with Iraq

Tehran and Baghdad should work on a more consolidated approach toward the implementation of a high-profile security pact signed in March 2023, Iran’s Judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei has stated.

Iranian Judiciary: 35 arrested so far over Kerman deadly bombings 

Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Masoud Setayeshi says authorities have so far arrested 35 people in connected with the January twin bombings that killed dozens in the southern Iranian city of Kerman.

Man gets death penalty for murdering famous Iranian film director Mehrjouei and wife 

A court in Iran has sentenced a young man to death for murdering famous Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjouei and his wife.

Iranian man convicted in connection with 2022 unrest and deadly riots, executed

An Iranian man, sentenced to death for involvement in the 2022 protests and deadly riots in Iran, was hanged to death on Tuesday after his stay of execution was repealed, Nour News website affiliated with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council reported.

Iranian female journalists face new charges after temporary release

Iranian journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi who were freed on bail, now face new legal charges for flouting hijab rules after their release from prison, the Iranian judiciary’s website Mizan reported on Monday.

Iranian Journalists Niloufar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi released on bail

Niloufar Hamedi, a reporter with the Shargh Daily, and Elaheh Mohammadi, head of the social issues desk at the Hammihan newspaper, have been released from prison on bail after 17 months in detention following the 2022 unrest and riots in the Islamic Republic.

Court issues final ruling against officers convicted in Iranian citizen’s murder case

A Tehran court has issued its final verdict in the case of Mohammad Jamebozorg, who was murdered in a nighttime raid by security forces on his house in the town of Malard in Tehran province.

Flogging Iranian woman who defied wearing hijab stirs controversy

The social media in Iran is abuzz with a torrent of outrage as well as appreciation after an Iranian woman was flogged on Wednesday, concurrent with Women’s Day, for refusing to wear hijab.

Iran stresses main suspect in Ukraine plane crash still in detention

Iran’s Judiciary has categorically dismissed reports that the main suspect in a Ukrainian plane crash incident in January 2020 has been released on bail.

Iran’s Judiciary urges Iraq to extradite 38 MKO terrorists

Kazan Gharibabadi, Secretary-General of the High Council for Human Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran said Iran has requested Iraq to extradite 38 terrorists from the notorious Mujahedeen-e Khalq Organization, commonly known as MKO or Munafeqeen.

Iran says executed four saboteurs linked to Israel

Iran hanged to death four members of a sabotage team with links to the Israeli regime’s Mossad spy agency on Friday, the Iranian judiciary announced.

Iran refutes UNGA’s human rights resolution

Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Nasser Kanaani has strongly condemned the adoption of a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly over the human rights situation in Iran, describing the move as a clear example of double standards and instrumental use of human rights by some Western countries to achieve illegitimate political objectives.

Tehran condemns Swedish court ruling against Iranian citizen

Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of Iran Nasser Kanaani has strongly condemned the ruling by a Swedish appeals court that has upheld a life sentence imposed on former Iranian prosecutor Hamid Nouri, stressing the verdict is totally unacceptable.

Swedish appellate court upholds life sentence for ex-Iranian judiciary official

Sweden's Court of Appeal issued its final ruling on this Tuesday, confirming the life sentence for Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian prosecutor.

Iran to put MKO members on trial

The trial of members of the anti-Iran terrorist cult Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) will start Tuesday, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said.

Swedish facing trial in Iran for “gathering intel for Israel”

The trial of a Swedish individual accused of intelligence cooperation with the Zionist regime of Israel commenced with the first hearing held at Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolution Court in Tehran.

Iranian court orders US to pay $49.7bn in reparations over General Soleimani’s assassination 

A court in Tehran has ordered the US government to pay nearly $50 billion in damages for assassinating Iran’s top anti-terror icon general Qassem Soleimani nearly four years ago.

Iranian rapper rearrested for “spreading falsehoods”

Iranian rapper Tomaj Salehi, recently released following a Supreme Court decision to re-examine his case within the Judiciary, was rearrested on charges of spreading falsehoods and causing public unrest.

Iran foreign minister calls for prosecution of Israeli officials over their “crimes in Gaza”

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian called on the international community to hold “Israeli war criminals” to account over the ongoing conflict in the besieged Gaza Strip. At least 14,000 people, mainly women and children, have been killed in the blockaded enclave since early October due to Israel's relentless military campaign.

Iran dismisses Western rights resolution as invalid, illegitimate

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has slammed some Western countries for introducing and adopting an anti-Iranian human rights resolution in the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee as a “political move”, saying the motion has no validity and legitimacy.

Iran executes three for terrorist bomb blasts in southeast

Three members of a terrorist group who carried out bomb explosions targeting security forces in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan over four years ago have been executed, a judiciary official announced on Monday.

Iranian president’s wife writes to French first lady, asks for help to stop Gaza massacre

The Iranian president’s wife, Jamileh Alamolhoda has written a letter to French First Lady Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron to ask the French president to stop his complicity in the Gaza war and take an immediate measure to stop the bloodshed in the blockaded territory.

Afghan caretaker govt. envoy thanks Iran for hosting refugees

Mulla Abul Ghani Baradar, the Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan's caretaker government for economic affairs, appreciated Tehran for sheltering Afghan refugees seeking asylum in the Islamic Republic over the past decades.

Iran rejects reports it plans to house Afghan asylum-seekers expelled from Pakistan

An Iranian official has denied reports that a UN authority had announced Afghan asylum-seekers expelled from Pakistan would be housed in Iran.

Tehran court sentences US govt. to paying $420mn in damages for 1980 terrorist attack

A court in the Iranian capital, Tehran, has sentenced the United States to paying $420 million in compensation to 14 survivors of a US terrorist attack in Iran back in 1980.

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