Tehran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced two former ministers from President Raisi’s administration to prison for their involvement in the high-profile Debsh Tea corruption case.
In a recent development regarding the murder of Amir Mohammad Khaleghi, a 19-year-old student at the University of Tehran, the spokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary announced that the suspects involved in the case have been apprehended and are currently undergoing interrogation.
Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, the directors of the internationally acclaimed film My Favorite Cake, have been summoned to appear before an Iranian court in about two weeks.
Iran’s Judiciary has announced that journalists Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi have been included in the February 11 amnesty list, following the approval of the Pardon Commission.
Niloufar Hamedi, an Iranian journalist who was arrested in September 2022 following nationwide unrests and deadly protests, has been pardoned, according to her lawyers, Parto Borhanpour and Hojjat Kermani. The case against Hamedi has now been closed.
The Judiciary of Iran has announced that a legal case has been opened against actors Reza Babak and Marzieh Boroumand following what was deemed an “act contrary to social and religious norms” during the opening ceremony of the 43rd Fajr Film Festival.
Mahdi Nasiri, the former editor of the Tehran-based newspaper Kayhan and a political activist, has been released from detention by security forces in Mashhad. This information was announced on Nasiri's Telegram channel.
Iran’s judiciary has announced that the Swiss national who died in custody earlier this month was arrested after taking photographs at sensitive military sites.
The spokesperson for Iran's judiciary announced on Sunday evening several individuals have been arrested in connection with the assassination of two prominent judges a day earlier.
Iranian singer Amirhossein Maghsoudlou, known professionally as Amir Tataloo, has been sentenced to death by a court in Iran on charges of "sabb al-nabi" (insulting the Prophet Muhammad).
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has offered his condolences over the martyrdom of two high-profile Iranian judges in an attack in Tehran.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for an urgent investigation to identify the perpetrators of a terrorist attack at the Supreme Court building in downtown Tehran, in which two high-profile judges were assassinated.
An armed infiltrator in Iran’s Supreme Court carried out on Saturday morning a planned assassination of two veteran judges “known for their fight against crimes against national security, espionage, and terrorism,” the Media Center of the Judiciary announced.
The spokesperson for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the release of Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, an Iranian citizen who had been detained in Italy, and his return to the homeland.
The head of the Semnan Judiciary announced that a Swiss national detained on espionage charges committed suicide this Thursday morning in Semnan Prison, in eastern Tehran.
A eulogist who insulted a Sunni cleric and mosque in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, has been arrested in the city of Qom, the prosecutor general of southeastern Iranian provincial capital Zahedan announced.
The spokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary clarified that no complaints have been filed against former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif or others regarding dual citizenship or relatives holding foreign citizenship.
The Iranian Judiciary announced on Wednesday the execution of a man who terrorized and injured 59 women and girls in the Iranian capital Tehran using an awl.
Parastoo Ahmadi, a female Iranian singer, who recently performed a virtual concert in Iran without wearing Hijab, was released from detention early Sunday morning, according to her lawyer Milad Panahipour.
Following the release of a video at a caravanserai in Iran on social media, featuring a group performing a piece of music with a female vocalist without adhering to legal and religious regulations, a legal case has been initiated against the group.
Migrants from neighboring Afghanistan form the majority of some 8,000 foreign nationals incarcerated in Iran, the Deputy Minister of Human Rights and International Affairs at Iran’s Ministry of Justice announced on Tuesday, adding the first phase of transferring the convicts to their home country has initiated.
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who had supported the nationwide protests and riots in Iran, and was convicted of propaganda against the government, has been released after serving his sentence, Mizan news agency affiliated with the country’s judiciary reported on Monday.
