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Senior Iran judicial official: Afghan prisoners to be extradited to own country

The Deputy Minister for International Affairs and Human Rights of Iran's Justice Ministry announced that within the next two months, a thousand Afghan prisoners will be returned to their country from Iran.

Iran executes man who raped 200 women

An Iranian man convicted of raping over 200 women was hanged on Tuesday in the western city of Hamedan.

Several sentenced to death in Iran for spying for Israel

Four people in Iran have been sentenced to death for spying for and collaborating with the Zionist regime of Israel.

Iran hands death sentences to 3 Israel spies over their role in nuclear scientist assassination

An Iranian court has sentenced three individuals affiliated with Israel to death after they were convicted of procuring equipment used in the assassination of top scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in November 2020, according to the country's judiciary.

Judiciary: Jamshid Sharmahd dies before execution of death sentence

A spokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary announced that Jamshid Sharmahd, leader of the “Tondar” terrorist group and member of the so-called “Kingdom Assembly of Iran,” passed away before his execution.

Former Iran football federation chief sentenced to 15 years for cryptocurrency fraud

Shohreh Mousavi, former director of Iran’s Football Federation, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison as part of the high-profile “King Money” case involving widespread economic disruption and fraud.

Ringleader of terror group Jamshid Sharmahd hanged by Iran

Jamshid Sharmehed, the ringleader of the US-based Tondar (Thunder) terrorist group, who for years planned numerous terrorist operations against Iran, was executed.

Judiciary spokesman clueless if Mousavi and Karroubi’s house arrest has ended   

A spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary says it has no information about whether the house arrest of former presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi and the latter’s wife Zahra Rahnavard has come to an end. 

Iran hangs four in Alborz province for selling deadly alcoholic drinks

The death sentence of four main convicts in the case of selling bootleg alcoholic drinks that led to the death of their clients was carried out on Wednesday in Alborz province, near the capital Tehran.

Iranian Judiciary: Journalists not pardoned due to security cases

The Iranian Judiciary addressed on Tuesday rising questions regarding the exclusion of several journalists from a recent amnesty granted by the Leader, clarifying their cases have security aspects.

Prominent communication scholars urge Iran Judiciary chief to halt sentences of journalists

A group of renowned journalism and communication professors has written a letter to Iran's Judiciary chief, calling for the revocation of prison sentences of journalists, highlighting the recent case of two female journalists.

Female Iranian journalists ordered to turn themselves in for prison sentence

Lawyers for two Iranian journalists say they have received notices to report to prison within five days to begin serving their five-year sentence despite having been pardoned by the Leader.

Lawyer: Iran’s Supreme Court overturns death sentence for female labor activist

The Supreme Court of Iran has annulled the death sentence previously issued against labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi, Shargh online website reported.

Iranian minister says Judiciary to look into detained students 

Iran’s Minister of Science, Research and Technology Hossein Simai Sarraf says the Iranian Judiciary has promised to form a working group to review the cases of students and university lecturers who got implicated following the September 2022 unrest in the country.

Brother: Iranian political activist Abdollah Momeni released after Supreme Court overturns ruling

Abdollah Momeni, a well-known Iranian political activist, has been released from prison following a Supreme Court decision that overturned his original sentence, says his brother.

Initial court ruling on Iranian singer Hajipour annulled

An initial court verdict on Iranian Grammy Award-winning singer Shervin Hajipour has been declared null and void in an appeals court, according to the Iranian Judiciary’s Media Center.

Iran sentences bandits to death, imprisonment for robbery

An Iranian court has issued verdicts on a robbery case involving three people, sentencing two of them to execution and the third to 25 years in jail.

Lawyer: Iranian rapper Salehi’s death sentence overturned

Iran’s Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of the renowned Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, initially handed for taking part in the deadly unrest and riots in 2022, his lawyer announced on Saturday.

Iran’s Leader pardons, commutes sentences of over 2,600 prisoners ahead of upcoming eids

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has approved a proposal from the country’s top judge to pardon or commute the prison terms of more than 2,600 convicts found guilty by various Iranian courts.

Lawyer: Iranian singer Tataloo handed long-term prison sentence

Underground Iranian singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, professionally known as Amir Tataloo, has been given a long-term prison sentence in Tehran for several charges including spreading corruption, his lawyer revealed without specifying the imprisonment duration.

Former Iranian official detained on corruption charges 

The former deputy of the Arvnad Free Zone in southern Iran has been reportedly detained in on corruption charges.

All arrested environmental activists in Iran freed

After years of legal battles, all environmental activists detained in Iran on charges of espionage have been released.

Iran Leader pardons, commutes sentences of over 2,000 inmates

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 2,000 Iranian prisoners to mark the main Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, signaling the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Iranian top judiciary official resigns over sons’ corruption charges

Iran’s First Deputy of the Judiciary Mohammed Mosaddegh tendered his resignation to the Judiciary chief months after two of his sons were arrested over links to a corruption case amounting to about five million dollars.

Iranian court fines Tondar terrorist group nearly $2.5bn over 2008 bombing

A legal court has fined an anti-Iran terrorist group supported by the US to pay 2.478 billion dollars in damages in a 2008 bombing case in southern Iran that left over 200 people dead and injured.

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