Imprisonment
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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.
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Macron says Iran freed French national from prison
TEHRAN, Mar. 20 (MNA) – French President Emmanuel Macron has said that a French national imprisoned in Iran for over 880 days has been freed.
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South Korea’s impeached President Yoon released from prison
TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – South Korea’s impeached conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday, a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for rebellion without being detained.
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Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to jail to 14 yrs.
TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was on Friday sentenced to 14 years in prison, and his wife Bushra Bibi to seven years in a case related to the misuse of authority and corruption.
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Hamas deplores Zionist regime prison practices
TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – The Palestinian Resistance movement, Hamas has labeled the treatment of Palestinian detainees in Megiddo Prison as a horrifying display of “hatred and sadism.”
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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.
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Judge warns Trump of jail time for violating gag order
TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) – The judge in Donald Trump's criminal trial fined him $1,000 and held him in contempt of court for a 10th time on Monday for violating a gag order and warned that further violations could land the former president in jail.
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Israel admits jail guards severely beat Palestinian prisoner
TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – Around 20 prison guards of the Israeli regime have severely beaten Palestinian inmate Thayer Abu Assab to death, the Tel Aviv regime admits, according to a report.
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Brussels not confirm if Swede detained in Iran is EU official
TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – The European Commission has refused to confirm if a Swedish citizen being held in Iran is an European Union official.
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Trump left Fulton jail after arrest procedure
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Former US President Donald Trump left the jail in the Fulton County, Georgia, where he had surrendered to authorities and passed through the formal arrest procedure in the election interference case.
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CIA, FBI used torture in Guantanamo prisoner case: US judge
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – A United States military judge has ruled that an Al-Qaeda bombing suspect's confession cannot be used as evidence because it was derived from torture, potentially setting a new hurdle for September 11 prosecutions.
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Ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 3 years in prison
TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan was arrested in Lahore after a Pakistani trial court sentenced him to three years in prison.
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UAE returns dozens of Iranian inmates after FM visit
TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) – Following the recent visit of the foreign minister Amir_Abdollahian to the UAE and gaining the approval of the UAE authorities, 21 Iranian prisoners returned home.
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Nouri breaks record of solitary confinement in Sweden
TEHRAN, Jun 01 (MNA) – A new report says Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian judiciary official who has been illegally incarcerated in Sweden, has broken the all-time record of solitary confinement in the history of the Nordic country.
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UK prisons not safe for inmates, personel, report says
TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) – UK Police data underlines fears for the safety of inmates and staff amid overcrowding and budget cuts as a result of Tory austerity.
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Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan released on bail
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) – Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, has been granted bail by the Islamabad High Court, days after his dramatic arrest over corruption charges set off a deadly outpouring of anger against the country’s military.
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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.
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Belgium summons Iranian ambassador
TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – The foreign ministry of Belgium summoned Iran's ambassador Tuesday after it was reported one of its citizens was convicted of spying in Iran and reportedly sentenced to long-term jail.
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French FM claims two more French citizens being held in Iran
TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – Two more French citizens have been detained in Iran, bringing to seven the number of people from France held in the country, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said Saturday.
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Prison riot in Ecuador leaves at least 15 killed
TEHRAN, Oct. 04 (MNA) – At least 15 prisoners have been killed and many wounded in the latest riot to hit Ecuador’s troubled prison system.