Imprisonment
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Former Tunisian PM Larayedh jailed for 24 years in prison
TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – Former Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh was sentenced on Friday to 24 years in prison on charges of facilitating Tunisians' travel to Syria over the past decade, state media said.
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France sentences Iranian woman to a year in prison
TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (MNA) – A French court sentenced an Iranian woman on Thursday to one year in prison on charges of posting pro-Palestinian posts on social media,
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Ex- S Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol handed life sentence
TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) – Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after a court found him guilty of leading an insurrection during his short-lived imposition of martial law.
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Former S. Korean first lady sentenced to 20 months in prison
TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) – The court sentenced former first lady Kim Keon Hee to one year and eight months in prison for violating anti-corruption laws.
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Ex-Japanese PM Abe’s killer sentenced to life
TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – The gunman who killed Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was sentenced to life in prison, more than three years after the politician’s assassination in broad daylight shocked the world.
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US adds to its sanctions on Iran hoping for continued riots
TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) – The US Treasury on Thursday added some individuals and entities linked to Iran in a bid to add pressures against the Iranian people to turn them against their government.
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Pakistan court hands Imran Khan, wife 17-year jail terms
TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years in prison each in a corruption case involving the under-priced purchase of luxury state gifts.
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Bangladesh court convicts ousted PM Hasina of corruption
TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – A Bangladeshi court on Monday sentenced ousted ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison for corruption related to the Dhaka's Purbachal New Town project.
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Israeli forces torture Iranian Tasnim's journalist in prison
TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – Farah Abu Ayyash, a Tasnim reporter, has reported on her torture and harassment by Israeli soldiers in the past 110 days in her first revelations she sent out of Israeli prisons.
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French court frees Sarkozy from prison pending appeal
TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – A Paris court on Monday ordered the release of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy from prison, 20 days after his incarceration over alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign.
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Sumud Flotilla activists on hunger strike in Israeli prisons
TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) – Dozens of international activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla have begun a collective hunger strike inside Israeli prisons, protesting Israel's use of “starvation policy” as a weapon of war in Gaza.
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Ex-Colombian pres. Álvaro Uribe sentenced to 12 yrs in prison
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) – Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was sentenced on Friday to 12 years of house arrest after being found guilty of procedural fraud and witness bribery.
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Iran, France FMs discuss ties, regional developments by phone
TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – Foreign Ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and France held a phone conversation on Sunday to discuss developments in the region following the 12-day Israeli-imposed war on Iran as well as bilateral relations.