Law of retaliation for acid attacks perpetrators: Majlis
IRNA – The Iranian Majlis on Monday passed a bill to punish perpetrators of acid attacks with death penalty or eye to…
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Acid attack victim pushes for law banning sale of acid in Iran
IFP – An Iranian girl who has fallen victim to an acid attack is pushing for legislation that would ban the purchase…
Free surgery offered to acid attack victims
A group of 300 Iranian plastic surgeons have come forward to perform high quality free plastic surgeries on acid attack victims in…
Suspect in custody confesses to spate of acid attacks in Isfahan
The prime suspect in a spate of acid attacks that rattled the central city of Isfahan in 2014 has reportedly confessed to…
An acid attack by a doctor on a doctor
A look into an acid attack in the capital during which a physician used acid to vent his pent-up anger at a…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 2
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 21 of them. IFP has…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 1
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 17 of them. IFP has…
Iran hospital manager attacked with Acid
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s police say two attackers on a motorbike threw acid in the face of a Tehran hospital manager,…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 15
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 36 of them. IFP has…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 11
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 29 of them. IFP has…
Prosecutor general stresses harsh punishment for acid attackers
Zahedan, Sistan-Baluchestan Prov, Nov 6, IRNA – Prosecutor General Ebrahim Raeisi on Thursday stressed that harshest sentences await acid attackers. Speaking to…
Ayatollah Rafsanjani calls for punishment of acid attackers
Tehran, Nov 2, IRNA – Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Sunday called for punishment of acid attackers.…
Iran daily: US secretary of state Kerry to hold nuclear talks with foreign minister Zarif
US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on November 9-10, in the next stage of…
Iran cleric denounces acid attacks as ‘plot’
A senior Iranian cleric says the recent acid attacks against women in Iran are plots aimed at sabotaging a parliamentary bill empowering…
Vice Pres: Gov’t, Judiciary Force cooperate against acid attackers
Tehran, Oct 31, IRNA – Penalty for acid attacks is non-suspendable according to Article 47 of Islamic Penal Codes and Government is…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 28
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 25 of them. IFP has…
Iran police arrest 10 suspects over Esfahan acid attacks
Iranian security forces have apprehended 10 suspects in relation to the recent cases of acid attacks against women in the central city…
Iran’s coverage: Iran’s Rouhani promises “harshest possible sentence” for acid attack perpetrators
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Acid attacks culprits to be dealt with harshly: Rouhani Iranian President Hassan…
Iran daily: Rouhani — “we will deal with the acid attacks on women”
President Rouhani has pledged action to deal with a series of acid attacks on women, which have spurred public protests in Tehran…
Iran police arrest man over acid attack threat
The Iranian police have detained a man who threatened people with acid attacks in the capital, Tehran, amid national outrage over recent…
Iran appoints acid attacks probe chief
Iran’s judiciary chief has tasked his deputy to lead an investigation into several acid attacks on women that have sown fear across…
Acid attacks culprits to be dealt with harshly: Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his administration is pursuing the recent case of acid attacks on women with all its might, adding…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 26
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 21 of them. IFP has…
Iran re-arrests leading human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
(Reuters) – Iranian security forces arrested world-renowned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and several others on their way back from a protest…
Health minister comments on victims of recent acid attacks
The Iranian health minister says government supports the victims of recent acid attacks in Isfahan. Iranian Health Minister Seyyed Hassan Hashemi says…
Rouhani orders arrests of culprits behind acid attacks
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has instructed three ministries to step up efforts to find culprits behind recent acid attacks in the central…
Rash of acid-throwing incidents attributed to one man
The deputy head of Iran’s Security forces says investigations regarding the incidents of acid throwing in Isfahan have revealed that the crimes…
Gov’t orders harsh campaign against acid attacker criminals
Tehran, Oct 23, IRNA – Government has ordered launching a harsh campaign against the acid attacker criminals, Vice President and Head of…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 23
IFP has flipped through the front pages of the Iranian dailies on Thursday and picked headlines from 24 of them. Instructions by…
Iranians protest acid attacks in central city
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians rallied on Wednesday in the central city of Isfahan and the capital, Tehran, to protest a string…
Justice minister calls acid attacks on women “terrorism”
Iranian Justice Minister Mostafa Pour Mohammadi says throwing acid on women is an act of terrorism. On the sidelines of a meeting…
Iran’s judiciary vows to arrest, punish acid attackers
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei vowed that the criminals who have staged the recent acid attacks on a…
Finding UN Information and Documentation workshop for graduate students of international relations
The UN Information Centre (UNIC) in Tehran held a workshop on Finding UN Information and Documentation for some 15 graduate students of…
Iran investigates acid attacks on women
Iranian officials said they are investigating a series of acid attacks on women that occurred in the historic city of Isfahan in…
Iran man ‘to have his eyes gouged out, ear and nose cut off’ after acid attack
A man who poured acid over a young girl’s face and blinded her, should be sentenced to similar mutilation an Iranian court…