Reuters - Iranian authorities have arrested five Iranians on charges of spying for Israel, Britain and Germany, convicting and handing down prison sentences on at least two of them, the judiciary said on Tuesday. In recent months, five Iranians who were spying for foreign intelligence services have been arrested, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein ...

Tasnim Irans Judiciary spokesperson unveiled instructions for granting more prisoners leave in the wake of a new wave of the coronavirus in the country. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said courts and prisons across Iran have been given a new directive on permitting inmates to get furlough as part of precautionary ...

Tasnim A retired employee of Irans Defense Ministry has been hanged for providing the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with information on Iranian missiles, the Judiciarys spokesman said. In remarks at a press conference on Tuesday, Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said the spy, named Reza Askari, has been put to death for spying for the CIA. After ...

Tasnim An Iranian financial criminal and his wife have been sentenced to death on a charge of major disruption to the countrys currency and car markets as they had purchased more than 6,700 automobiles and hoarded 24,700 gold coins, the Judiciarys spokesperson said. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said the case ...

Reuters - A website linked to Irans judiciary carried a statement on Tuesday saying a man convicted of spying for the CIA would be executed soon. The video statement from spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili, marked live on the screen, was similar to a statement he gave on Feb. 4. It was not clear if Esmaili would address the topic at a press conference ...

Reuters - Jailed British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is in good health, Irans judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, after her husband said on Saturday he believed she had contracted the coronavirus in prison. Mrs. Nazanin Zaghari, we looked into it and she is in good health, Gholamhossein Esmaili said. Yesterday, she had contact ...

Press TV - Irans Judiciary says a number of arrests have been made in connection with the recent downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran, which killed all 176 on board. Gholam-Hossein Esmaili, the Judiciarys spokesman, said on Tuesday that special commissions had been set up by the General Staff of the Armed Forces to investigate the ...

MNA Iranian Judiciarys spokesman said Friday that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps have detained some 100 ringleaders of the recent riots that took place last week amid the peaceful demonstrations against gasoline rationing and price rise. Around 100 of the senior and junior ringleaders, as well as the principal elements behind the recent ...

Tasnim Irans Judiciary agreed on Tuesday to release Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese national with permanent US residency who has been imprisoned in Iran for espionage since 2015. Judiciary Spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaili announced at a weekly press conference on Tuesday that the court has agreed to release Zakka, who will be handed over to representatives ...

IRNA - Director General of Tehran Province Justice Department announced that Former Chief of Iranian Presidential office Esfandiyar Rahim Mashaei was sentenced to 5 years in jail. Gholam-Hossein Esmaili told reporters on Wednesday that endangering national security was the reason behind his imprisonment. He was also sentenced to 6 months imprisonment ...

Press TV- The head of the Tehran Judiciary Office has rejected British media reports thatIranian national Nazanin Zaghari now serving time in Iran for sedition -- might be released in a swap deal. Gholam Hossein Esmaili said, None of the claims Western media have so far made with regard to this case is verifiable by the judicial authorities, ...

Tehran, Aug 9, IRNA - A top Iranian judicial official said here on Sunday the date of final court session of the Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian depends on the judge's decision. Talking to reporters in Tehran, Director General of the Judiciarys Tehran Province Office Gholam Hossein Esmaeili reiterated that, 'We could not judge in this respect ...

[caption id="attachment_108831" align="alignright" width="181"] The Washington Post's Tehran correspondent Jason Rezaian[/caption] Tehran, Jan 28, IRNA - Director General of Tehran Province Justice Department Gholam-Hossein Esmaili said on Wednesday that American journalist Jason Rezaei will be put on trial in Iran soon. Esmaili made the remarks ...