Reuters - A man has been sentenced to death in Iran for spying for the CIA and attempting to pass on information about the Islamic Republics nuclear program, Irans judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. Amir Rahimpour who was a CIA spy and got big pay and tried to present part of Irans nuclear information ...

Press TV - Irans Judiciary spokesmanGholamhossein Esmailisays the US assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani is a flagrant violation of international law as he was targeted while being in Baghdad as aformal and high-profile guest of the Iraqi government. Speaking to Radio Tehran, the spokesperson said that the killing of an invitee of a ...

Press TV - The Iranian Judiciary says around 300 individuals currently remain in custody over their suspected involvement in the deadly riots that recently hit Tehran, and that their fate will soon be decided. Gholam-Hossein Esmaili, the Judiciarys spokesman, said Tuesday that those detainees who are found to have been among saboteurs will face ...

Reuters - Protests in Iran triggered by petrol price hikes last week have subsided, an Iranian judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after the elite Revolutionary Guards warned of decisive action if anti-government protests do not cease. Social media videos posted in defiance of an Internet block showed protests continued in several cities ...

Sputnik - Hossein Fereydoun is the younger brother and close aide of Iran's President Hassan Rouhani. He was involved in the negotiations that led to the signing of the Iran nuclear deal in 2015. An Iranian court has sentenced President Rouhani's brother Hossein Fereydoun to five years in prison, Fars News Agency reported. The agency quoted Iran's ...

Reuters - Iran has received an amnesty request from Beirut for a Lebanese citizen who was detained in 2015 for collaborating against the state but has yet to make a decision on the case, an Iranian judiciary spokesman said on Sunday. Lebanon state news agency NNA last week quoted the foreign ministry as saying that Iran had agreed amnesty for Nizar ...

Tasnim Judiciary forces have arrested more than 100 people in the Iranian Province of Tehran on Friday for election-related offenses, a senior official announced. Chief Justice of Tehran Province Gholam Hossein Esmaili told Tasnim on Friday that judicial authorities and agents have arrested more than 100 people in the province since the beginning ...

An Iran judiciary officialhas confirmed the arrestof Jason Rezaian, The Washington Posts correspondent in Tehran. Rezaian was detained on Thursday with his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, and two freelance journalists. SeeIran Feature: Tehran Detains 3 Journalists, Including Washington Posts Rezaian The head of the judiciarys Tehran Province Office, Gholam ...

[caption id="attachment_120016" align="alignright" width="182"] The Washington Posts Iranian-American journalist Jason Rezaian (R) and his Iranian wife Yeganeh Salehi, who works for the UAE newspaper National, during a press conference in Tehran on September 10, 2013.[/caption] An Iranian photojournalist detained in Tehran nearly two months ago along ...

[caption id="attachment_108419" align="alignright" width="193"] A Nov. 6, 2013, photo shows Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter, at the newspaper in Washington. === (Zoeann Murphy/AP)[/caption] An Iranian judicial official confirmed Friday that The Washington Posts correspondent in Iran is in government custody, according to a report from a ...

Tehran, July 25, IRNA Director General of Tehran Province Justice Department Gholam-Hossein Esmaili on Friday said information will be provided to the public about the arrest of ?Washington Post? correspondents after technical investigations.   Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Quds Day rallies, he noted that Washington Post journalist ...

The head of Irans Prison Organization denies that Evin Prison was the site of any recent violence or attacks. ILNA reports that Gholamhossein Esmaili said such rumours are merely being spread by anti-Revolutionaries and have no substance. On Thursday, the Kaleme website reported that forces from the intelligence ministry, Revolutionary Guards and ...