Judiciary

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.

Gharibabadi to be appointed as Sec-Gen of Iran's HR Office

TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) – Iran’s Permanent Ambassador to the Vienna-based International Organizations Gharibabadi is scheduled to be appointed as the Deputy for International Affairs of the Judiciary and Secretary-General of Iran's Human Rights Office.

Judiciary spokesman:

Legal process over Gen. Soleimani assassination continues

TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) – The Iranian judiciary spokesman has said the legal process against the American officials and their accomplices who played a role in the assassination of top general Qassem Soleimani last year is underway.

6 people prosecuted over Evin prison leaked videos, 2 in jail

TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – The Iranian Judiciary has revealed its findings of a research committee on the recently leaked CCTV video footages of the Evin Prison, saying 6 people prosecuted over Evin prison leaked videos, while 2 others remain in jail.

Iran HR council statement on national day against terrorism

TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – The Iranian Judiciary's High Council of Human Rights has called for a global response to the blatant violation of the right to life and taking serious and preventive measures against terrorism.

Judiciary chief vows full coop. with Raeisi administration

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – The head of Iran Judiciary offered his congratulation to President Raeisi on the approvement of his proposed ministers at the parliament with high votes and vowed that the Judiciary will closely work with the new government.

No Iranian nationals banned from entering homeland: Judiciary

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The head of Iran's Judiciary Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i has said that Iranians living abroad can freely return to the country and take possession of their properties inside the country.

Leader pardons, commutes sentences of 2,825 convicts

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday approved a proposal to pardon or commute sentences of 2,825 prisoners on the religious occasions of Eid Al-Adha and Eid Al-Ghadir.

Judiciary pardons, reduces sentences of 2019 unrest convicts

TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) – Iran Judiciary said Wed. that a large number of convicts who were detained in the riots that followed the hike in gasoline prices in late 2019 have been pardoned or their sentences have been commuted.

Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on July 6

TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – Mehr News Agency takes a look at the headlines of Iran’s Persian-language dailies on Tuesday, July 6.

Briefing on Iran’s daily developments

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) – The following are the Islamic Republic of Iran’s latest developments in the last 24 hours.