Detention

Decision to detain Durov not political, says Macron

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) –The decision to detain Pavel Durov, co-founder of the Telegram messenger, is not political, French President Emmanuel Macron said.

Detention of Telegram app founder extended

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) –Authorities extend detention of Telegram app founder Pavel Durov after Paris arrest.

Tehran urges France to swiftly free jailed Iranian musician

TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – Iran's top human rights official says Paris must swiftly release Iranian musician and filmmaker Bashir Biazar, illegally arrested and imprisoned in France for speaking out against Israel's war on Gaza.

Zionist regime detains 8,480 in West Bank since Oct. 7

TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) – Since October 7, Israel has arrested 8,480 Palestinians throughout the occupied West Bank, with many held illegally under administrative detention with no charges brought against them.

Taliban says its security forces detained two ISIL members

TEHRAN, Apr. 12 (MNA) – A media outlet close to the Taliban announced that two Tajik ISIL members were arrested on the shared Iran-Afghanistan border.

Turkey arrests 15 Mossad-linked suspects spying for Israel

TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – A court arrested 15 out of 34 suspects who were detained as part of an investigation into Israeli intelligence agency Mossad's activities in Turkey, sources said Friday.

Pakistan court suspends Imran Khan’s corruption sentence

TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – A court in Pakistan suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s conviction on corruption charges and ordered his release on bail.

Pakistan ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrested

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan and Tehreek-e-Insaf vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi was detained by police on Saturday.

Baha'i medical mafia family detained in Tehran

TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – The Iranian security forces have identified and arrested a wealthy Baha'i family who were involved in interrupting the country's medicine market.

In Russia;

5 detained in plot to export raradioactiv caesium-137 abroad

TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – Five people were detained for trying to export a kilogram of radioactive cesium-137 to use it to the detriment of Russian interests during a special operation, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said.

Tunisian judge orders detention of Ennahda leader

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – A Tunisian investigative judge ordered on Thursday the imprisonment of Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of main opposition party Ennahda, his lawyer told;d media.

Deputy Parl. Speaker calls for immediate release of Nouri

TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Iran’s First Deputy Parliament Speaker Ali Nikzad has called for the immediate release of Hamid Nouri, an Iranian national, who is in custody with completely unfounded accusations.

Israeli regime detains 11 Palestinians in West Bank

TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) – Media have reported that eleven Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli regime in the West Bank on Saturday.

5 suspects detained over deadly stabbing attack on clergymen

TEHRAN, Apr. 05 (MNA) – The prosecutor general of the major Iranian city of Mashhad where a man attacked seminary students in Imam Reza shrine earlier on Tuesday said that 5 people have been arrested so far over the stabbing attack.