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Leader Makes Donation to Charity Appeal to Free Prisoners

IFP Editorial Staff -
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei made a substantial donation to a charity organization that collects money for the release of needy inmates who have committed crimes without intent.
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Academic Describes Canada’s Seizure of Iranian Assets as Unprecedented

IFP Editorial Staff -
Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, a professor of international law at the University of Tehran, strongly criticized a recent Canadian court ruling to seize Iran’s assets, stressing that such “robbery” is an unprecedented and unacceptable move.
Media Wire

Canadian Court Ruling to Seize Iran’s Assets: FM Reaction

IFP Media Wire -
On Saturday June 11, the Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly criticized a Canadian court’s ruling ordering the seizure of Iranian non-diplomatic assets under the pretext of alleged role in terrorist activities.
Media Wire

Customs Incentive to Support Hotel Industry

IFP Media Wire -
The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration has agreed to reduce tariffs for the import of hotel equipment to support the country’s hotel and tourism industry.
Law

Education and Economics Delaying Marriage

IFP Media Wire -
Iranian men and women are marrying later than ever before. Data from the National Organization for Civil Registration (NOCR) shows that women are now getting married at 27.2 years and men at 31 years, on average. This is a large increase on previous figures, which were 23.8 for women and 28.5 for men.
Americas

Canadian Court Seizes $13m of Iran’s Non-Diplomatic Assets

Golrokh Askarieh -
A court in Canada has issued a verdict giving $13 million of Iran’s non-diplomatic assets to the families of Americans who died in several attacks blamed on Iran.
Nature and Wildlife

Caspian Sea Meeting Wraps Up Meeting in Moscow

IFP Media Wire -
The 45th meeting of the special working group of the Caspian Sea concluded in Russia’s capital of Moscow on June 10 with a communiqué.
Middle East

UN under Fire for Removing Saudi-Led Coalition from Blacklist

IFP Media Wire -
The United Nations was forced to defend its decision to remove the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen from a blacklist of children’s rights violators after rights groups expressed their dismay.
Incidents

Police Seize over Two Tons of Opium in Southeast Iran

IFP Media Wire -
Iran’s anti-narcotics police have managed to seize over 2,000kg of opium in two search and seizure operations in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, the provincial police chief said on Monday May 5.
Judiciary

FM Spokesman: Bahraini Cleric’s Jail Term Extension ‘Complicates’ Problems

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari expressed deep sorrow over the extension of the jail term of Bahraini opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, saying that Al Khalifa cannot resolve the Persian Gulf country’s protracted problems by such moves.
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.
Government

Rouhani: All Iranians Equal in Civil Rights

Golrokh Askarieh -
President Hassan Rouhani said that all Iranians, including Shia and Sunni Muslims, have equal civil rights in the country.
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.
Judiciary

Large Group of Iranian Prisoners Extradited from Kuwait

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Based on an extradition treaty, 47 Iranian prisoners in the Persian Gulf state of Kuwait returned home to serve the rest of their sentences in Iran.
Asia

Afghan Official Thanks Iran for Sheltering Refugees

Golrokh Askarieh -
Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar expressed his gratitude to Iran for its support for Afghan refugees seeking asylum in the Islamic Republic over the past decades.
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.
Judiciary

Leader Grants Amnesty to Hundreds of Convicts

Emad Askarieh -
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei pardoned or commuted prison terms for 669 convicts who had been sentenced by various Iranian courts.
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.
Human Rights

Play to Explore Love Story between Afghan Migrant and Iranian Gypsy

Golrokh Askarieh -
Director and actor Ayyub Aqakhani plans to stage a play about a love story between an Afghan migrant and an Iranian gypsy woman.
Government

Larijani: Incumbent Gov’t More Successful in Acting Lawfully

Golrokh Askarieh -
Majlis [Parliament] Speaker Ali Larijani lauded President Hassan Rouhani's government for its achievements in terms of acting in accordance with the law.
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.
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