The spokesman for Irans Guardian Council has dismissed new US sanctions against a number of Iranian judicial officials, hitting back at the US administration over police brutality and racial injustice against African-Americans in the country. The condemnation on Friday came a day after the administration of US President Donald Trump blacklisted ...

MNA The terrorist act of the United States on harassment of an Iranian airliner in Syrian airspace requires reciprocal action, said Spokesman of the Guardian Council. The terrorist act of the United States, in addition to pursuing the case legally as government officials of the country have emphasized, also requires reciprocal action, Abbasali ...

Tasnim Irans Guardian Council agreed on Sunday to postpone the runoff election for the parliamentary seats until September due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Speaking to Tasnim, Abbas-Ali Kadkhodai, the Guardian Councils spokesperson, said members of the council have approved a proposal from the Interior Ministry to delay the runoff election ...

IRAN Spokesman for the Guardian Council said on Thursday that the Council has confirmed a law passed by the parliament to ensure financial transparency in election activities. Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei made the remarks writing on a twitter post. On December 23, 2019, Iranian lawmakers approved a double-urgency bill on the issue. Assembly ...

Press TV - A spokesman for the Guardian Council, Irans vetting body, says the country has always listened with open ears to peaceful demonstrators, but security forces had a duty during last months violent riots to deal with acts of vandalism and sabotage. In an interview with France 24 released on Wednesday, Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei underlined the ...

Bourse and Bazaar | Marc Jourdier: A senior Iranian official has suggested in an interview with AFP that authorities may be more open than in the past in approving candidates for a looming parliamentary election. "We don't consider ourselves immune from criticism. We may also accept that mistakes have been made in the past," said Guardian Council ...

AP | NASSER KARIMI: A prominent member of Irans powerful Guardian Council has told The Associated Press that the Islamic Republic should stop honoring all terms of the collapsing 2015 nuclear deal with world powers amid tensions with the United States. The comments by Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei show an increasing willingness among Irans hard-liners to ...

Financial Tribune - The Guardians Councila watchdog body that ensures laws are in line with the Iranian Constitution and the Islamic lawhas found the parliament-approved bill on establishing a Commerce Ministry to be against articles 85 and 133 of the Iranian Constitution and sent it back to Majlis for reconsideration, Abbasali Kadkhodaei, the councils ...

MNA The Guardian Council Spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei said that Irans measure to seize a trespassing British oil tanker was carried out according to the rule of retaliation in the international law. The rule of retaliation is a recognized concept in international law and it is used in the face of another countrys illegal measures. The correct ...

Tasnim Members of Irans Guardian Council (GC) on Wednesday re-elected Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati as the secretary of the influential body, which is tasked with vetting legislative and presidential candidates, supervising elections and overseeing the bills passed in the Parliament. During a meeting of the GC in Tehran on Wednesday, the members voted ...

MNA The Guardian Council Spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei says that Palermo and CFT bills, which have already gained the approval of Iranian Parliament but have been rejected by Guardian Council, will also be approved by the mediating body Expediency Council. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Abbasali Kadkhodaei, spokesman of the Guardian Council,...

MNA Guardian Council Spokesman Kadkhodaei said Sat. that the Iranian Parliament has resolved only two out of the 22 flaws with the bill on Irans accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT). Speaking in a press conference on Saturday, Spokesman for the Guardian Council said the Council has reviewed the amendments made by the ...

MNA The Guardian Council has returned the bill on Irans accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT) to Parliament for further amendments, the Councils spokesman said on Sunday. The spokesman for the Guardian Council, Abbasali Kadkhodaei, wrote in a tweet on Sunday that the Council has found flaws and ambiguities ...

IFP - The spokesman for Irans legislative watchdog says the body will not be intimidated by opponents of Irans joining a UN convention against the financing of terrorism, who have in recent days been pressuring the parliament not to approve the plan. The Guardian Council wont yield to pressures and will announce its opinion within the framework ...

MNA Irans Guardian Council has rejected an amendment bill on combating money launderingas part of standards set by the FATF, according to the Council's spokesman on Friday. Spokesman for the Guardian Council, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei,said in a tweet on Friday night that the Council has rejected an amendment bill on combating money laundering....

IFP - The spokesman for Irans Guardian Council said the body has rejected the parliaments legislation amending Irans Counter Terrorist Finance law in accordance with standards set by the global anti-money laundering body, Financial Action Task Force. Speaking in a presser in Tehran on Saturday, Abbasali Kadkhodaei said the councils members have ...

IRNA - The spokesman of Iran's Guardian Council, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei said Iran will never retreat before US threats. Problems will be solved with the help of people and officials, Kadkhodaei told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Sunday. Iranian nation will always be ready, he said, referring to US possible withdrawal from Iran nuclear ...

Press TV - Irans Guardian Council will discuss a motion approved by Iranian lawmakers in response to the terrorist and adventurous US measures in the region, the bodys spokesman says. Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei said on Tuesday that the Guardian Council plans to debate the motion during its session on Wednesday. On August 13, Iranian legislators ...

Tasnim Spokesman for Irans Guardian Council said the influential body, which is in charge of supervising elections, is not of the same mind with the Interior Ministry about its decision not to publicize the ballot counts gradually after conclusion of Fridays presidential election. The Guardian Council recommends that the reports and results ...

Sputnik- Iran would not be able to fully implement the electronic voting plan for the May presidential election, local media reported. MOSCOW (Sputnik) Iran would not be able tofully implement the electronic voting plan forthe May presidential election due tolack oftime, local media reported Friday citing the Iranian Guardian Council spokesman. Abbasali ...