Judiciary

IRGC navy seizes ship carrying smuggled fuel in PG waters

TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – IRGC naval forces seized a vessel carrying 90,000 liters of smuggled fuel, along with 5 crew members, in Persian Gulf waters.

Judiciary head stresses enhanced working conditions for women

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – Commorating national women's day, the head of the Iranian Judiciary said Wednesday that the female employees in the judiciary do better jobs in comparison to their male colleagues.

Foreign Min., Judiciary to punish Gen. Soleimani assassins

TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – The head of an Iranian special committee said that numerous institutions in Iran, including the Foreign Ministry and the country's justice system, had made some positive steps to punish Gen. Soleimani's assassins.

IRGC thanks Judiciary for firm response to rioters

TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – In a statement on Monday, the IRGC thanked the judiciary for the firm a quick response in convicting rioters who were linked with foreign intelligence services, especially the Zionist regime of Israel's Mossad.

IRGC dep. cmdr:

Iran arrests CIA-linked agents during recent riots

TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – Ali Fadavi, IRGC deputy commander-in-chief, said Tuesday that the Iranian intelligence forces arrested a number of spy agents who were linked to the US intelligence services during recent foreign-orchestrated riots.

Judiciary chief:

Enemies did what they could to stop Iran's progress by riots

TEHRAN, Nov. 07 (MNA) – The Iranian Judiciary chief Gholamhossein Ejei said Monday that the recent riots were instigated by the enemies, who made every effort to stop Islamic Republic's progress after sanctioning policy failed.

Judiciary spox.:

Iran to follow up adversarial media case at intl. bodies

TEHRAN, Nov. 02 (MNA) – The spokesperson for the Iranian Judiciary says the case of the adversarial media will be presented and followed up at the relevant international bodies.

Tehran prosecutor general:

350 people face prosecution after recent riots in Tehran

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Tehran Prosecutor General says a lawsuit has been filed against 350 rioters who were arrested in the recent unrest in the country while 4 of them have been charged with 'Moharebeh'

Gharibabadi reacts to EU new sanctions on Iran

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – In reaction to the EU's new sanctions, an Iranian judiciary official says that the EU has once again put up a pathetic charade by claiming to be defending human rights by imposing sanctions on those safeguarding security.

Official rejects any links btw Nika's death and riots

TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) – The caretaker chairman of Tehran criminal court rejected any links between teenager Nika Shakarami's death with the recent riots in the country.

Heads of three branches of government hold regular meeting

TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – Heads of three branches of the Iranian government met in Presidential Office on Saturday to discuss ongoing issues in the country, the necessity of cooperation between them, and regional developments.

Western states have to account for Sardasht chemical attack

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Secretary of Iran High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi said that the Western countries that gave the Saddam regime chemical arms have to be held to account for the chemical attacks on innocent Iranian citizens.

Enemies frustrated at Iranian nation's resistance: Leader

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that the enemy has been disappointed by the Iranian nation on a regular basis in the last four decades since the Islamic Revolution.

FM condemns ex-Iranian official trial in Sweden as illegal

TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has described the trial of Hamid Nouri in Sweden as illegal and called for his immediate release.

UN Special Rapporteur's Iran visit may add to sanctions

TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) – One has to cast serious doubt on the real mission of the visit of Alena Douhan, UN’s Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures to Iran in May as she could gather information to facilitate anti-Iran sanctions.

Nouri's family censure inhumane behavior of Swedish officials

TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – The wife and daughter of a former Iranian official illegally imprisoned in Sweden have complained that he was detained with no declared reason or evidence and placed in solitary confinement for over 30 months.

Iran's judicial official:

Saudi Arabia must be held to account for mass executions

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – Secretary of Iran Judiciary's Human Rights Council Kazem Gharibabadi says that Saudi Arabia has to clarify whether the 81 people executed in one single day were tried fairly or not.

Gharibabadi:

3rd joint cmte. on Soleimani case to be held in Iraq

TEHRAN, Feb. 06 (MNA) – Secretary of Iranian Judiciary's Human Rights Council announced that the third meeting of joint research Committee on the assassination of Gen. Soleimani and his companions will be held in Iraq on Feb. 7.

Iran, Russia discuss coop. on fight against terrorist crimes

TEHRAN, Jan. 12 (MNA) – In a meeting with Russian counterpart, Iran’s Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri stressed the need for cohesive cooperation between the Iranian and Russian judiciary systems in the fight against organized crimes.

Half a ton narcotics shipment seized by police in SE Iran

TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – A prosecutor in Kerman province said Monday that a large consignment of illicit drugs was seized in the city of Rigan in the southeastern province.

Gharibabadi blasts US for voting against HR resolutions at UN

TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) – The secretary of Iranian Judiciary's Human Rights Council Kazem Gharibabadi has lambasted the United States for voting against two human rights resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.

Tehran ready to hold talks with Vienna on HR, judicial coop.

TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) – Secretary of Iranian Judiciary's Human Rights Council said that Iran is ready to hold talks about human rights and judicial cooperation with Vienna.

Iran, Armenia discuss expansion of bilateral judicial coop.

TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s envoy to Yerevan Abbas Badakhshan Zohouri met and held talks with acting chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), Gagik Jhangiryan, to explore ways of expanding bilateral cooperation.

HR council head:

Iran has fallen victim to inhuman sanctions, terrorism

TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – Secretary of Iranian Judiciary's Human Rights Council Kazem Gharibabadi has lambasted the European countries for supporting the MKO as well as siding with the US sanctions against Tehran while claiming to be HR defenders.

Iran to share its human rights achievements with intl. bodies

TEHRAN, Nov. 09 (MNA) – Kazem Gharibabadi, the Secretary of Iranian Judiciary's Human Rights Council has said that the Islamic Republic of Iran will share its human rights achievements with international bodies.

Europe must stop double-standards, counterproductive policies

TEHRAN, Nov. 07 (MNA) – "Europeans must end their double standards and counterproductive policies in the field of terrorism and human rights," Kazem Gharibabadi, the Secretary of Iranian Judiciary's Human Rights Council said on Saturday.

Former CBI officials sentenced for disrupting exchange market

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – The former governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) and one of his deputies as well as another CBI official were sentenced to jail in Iran Sat. for "disrupting the country's foreign currency market" in 2017 and 2018.

Iran Prosecutor-General travels to Armenia for judicial coop.

TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – Heading a judiciary delegation, Iran’s Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri traveled to Yerevan on Tuesday to hold talks with Armenian officials on judicial cooperation.