TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's Supreme Court has disbarred a hardline judge over his role in the death by torture of at least three jailed anti-government protesters in 2009, the semiofficial ISNA news agency reported. Saeed Mortazavi, an ally of former hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has also been barred from all government positions for five ...

The family of Sattar Beheshti, the jailed blogger who died while in the custody of cyber police, has decided not to pursue the case through the judiciary. Giti Pourfazel, the lawyer for the family, told ISNA that the court has dropped the charge of first degree murder, and the family is not interested in pursuing a manslaughter case because their ...

An Iranian court has rejected accusations of premeditated murder against a policeman over the death in custody of an opposition blogger, the reformist Sharq daily reported on Wednesday. Sattar Beheshti, 35, died at the notorious Kahrizak prison a few days after he was arrested in October 2012 following criticism of the government in his blog, according ...

TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) The head of Tehran Criminal Courts says Kahrizak case defendants have one-week opportunity to provide the court with their defense. Judge Mohsen Eftekhari told Mehr News that parties to the case had one-week opportunity to deliver their evidences to the court, and after that the jury will decide on the verdict. If judges decide ...

Todays top stories in Iran includeregistrationof 58 candidates for presidential election until now; allocating no reference currency to import of drug;protesting of Iranians in objection todesecration of shrine by militants in Syria; starting of seventhcourt session hearing of theKahrizak incident and Ahmadinejad order onrestoring Lake Urmia. As ...

Todays top stories in Iran include Faezeh Hashemi's denial of the charge of disturbing Evin prison; ending of the sixth court session of Kahrizak suspended judges; Iran MPs private meeting to study the effects of increasing rate of essential commodities; Iran MPs' appointing new Labor Minister and Isfehan Textile workers' protest in front of Iranian ...

Todays top stories in Iran includeIrans 25thbattle group enteringstraits of Bab-el-Mandeb;Iran's Central Bank Governor predicting exchange rate's decline;26th Tehran International Book Fair hosting book lovers; USD, euro prices rising at Irans forex center;Irans solidarity with Syria under any circumstances and ending fifth court session of Kahrizak ...