Iran lifts travel ban on football legend Ali Daei
Iranian authorities have lifted a ban on football legend Ali Daei and his wife.
Judiciary
Ringleader of US-based terror group sentenced to death for deadly attacks inside Iran
A court in Iran has sentenced the ringleader of a US-based terrorist group to death for committing terror attacks and counterrevolutionary operations against the Islamic Republic.
Iranian-French academic freed from Evin prison
Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah has been released from Evin prison in Tehran, the French government confirmed. The conditions of her release remain unclear.
Qualified inmates to be released soon under Leader’s decree: Judiciary
The spokesman of the Iranian Judiciary says all the inmates serving terms for involvement in the recent protests and riots who have the qualifications for freedom under a clemency decree issued by the Leader, will be released until February 19.
Iran begins to review release of inmates guilty of role in unrest after Leader’s decree
Iran’s Judiciary begins the process of reviewing the cases of inmates found guilty of involvement in the recent wave of unrest in the country and releasing those whose cases are compatible with the conditions set in the clemency granted by Leader of t…
Iran Leader pardons, commutes penalties of many inmates guilty of involvement in riots
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei pardons or commutes the sentences of a large group of prisoners found guilty of involvement in the recent wave of unrest and riots across Iran.
IRNA: Aide to Makki Mosque prayer leader in Iran’s Zahedan arrested
An informed source says Abdolmajid Moradzehi, an aide and a relative to prayer leader of Makki Mosque in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan Molavi Abdolhamid Esmaeilzehi, has been arrested, IRNA reported.
Iran’s Judiciary: Daughter of former president serving jail term in two separate cases
The spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary says Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, a politician and former lawmaker, has been sentenced to jail following conviction in two different cases brought against her.
Son of ex-Iranian President Hashemi Rasfanjani freed from jail on parole
Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani, a son of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has been released from jail after serving seven years behind bars for corruption and security crimes.
UK sanctions Iran’s prosecutor general in response to MI6 spy execution
The United Kingdom has sanctioned Iran’s prosecutor general in response to Tehran’s execution of an Iranian-British national convicted of espionage for the British intelligence agency, Foreign Minister James Cleverly confirmed on Saturday.