IFP- After the Iranian Judiciary announced it has yet to catch Tehrans former prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi, activists have printed wanted posters and decorated the citys walls with them to find the notorious judge convicted of complicity in the death of prisoners. The reformist daily newspaper Ghanoon wrote on Monday that undoubtedly, the poster initiative ...

Al-Monitor- Saeed Mortazavi, a former judge and prosecutor in Iran, has been sentenced to two years in prison for the deaths at a notorious detention facility during the 2009 postelection protests. An appellate court in Tehran upheld the sentence for Mortazavi for accessory to murder in the death of Mohsen Ruholamini, the son of a conservative politician ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) Judiciary spokesman has told a press conference Saeid Mortazavi, former Tehran Prosecutor-General, has not been exculpated in all of his allegations. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei who was speaking to the press in his weekly press conference on Sunday, warned that the perpetrators during post-2009 presidential election unrest ...

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, July. 2 (MNA) Verdicts have been issued for the people convicted of involvement in the case of the Kahrizak incident, National Prosecutor General Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei announced on Monday. Verdicts have been issued in the Kahrizak case, but they can be appealed, Mohseni-Ejei, who is also the Judiciary spokesman, told his regular press ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEICriticalThreats Project Iran AnalystWill Fulton and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj.   Politics President-elect Hassan Rouhni announced that his administration will have atwo-way relationship with the media. MP and former senior IRGC Commander ...

Saeed Mortazavi, the chief suspect in the case of detainee deaths at Kahrizak Prison, has once again expressed discontent with the proceedings brought against him and maintained that he is the victim of political machinations. The former Tehran Prosecutor says the court dealing with his case lacks competence to handle the file, adding that he will ...

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 ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEICriticalThreats Project Iran AnalystWill Fulton.   Politics Guardian Council Spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaeiannouncedthat the body may consider the candidates physical condition when vetting qualifications. Parliament Executive Council ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's state TV says prosecutors have accused a close ally of the Iranian president of involvement in the deaths of detainees during unrest after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election nearly four years ago. The allegations against Saeed Mortazavi, a former Tehran prosecutor, are the latest potential political troubles for ...

The seventh court hearing has been held for three Iranian judges over the death of three detainees who lost their lives in the now-closed Kahrizak Detention Center in the Iranian capital, Tehran, during post-election events in 2009. The Tuesday session was held behind closed doors in the Iranian capital and lasted for four hours. Saleh Nikbakht,...

Former Tehran prosecutor Said Mortazavi is set to go on trial in Tehran after being linked to the deaths of protesters arrested in the 2009 postelection crackdown. Mortazavi and two judges will reportedly be tried for their roles in the transfer of opposition detainees to the Kahrizak detention center, where at least three were tortured to death. Mortazavi,...

Iranian police arrested former Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi, an ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, official media reported without stating any reason for the move. Mortazavi, Tehran's notorious former prosecutor, was suspended in August 2010 along with two other judges over the death in prison of three anti-government protesters in the ...

Irannews headlines on Monday include dropping Iran currency; impacts of sanctions on Iranian artists; Iran discovering 14 bl barrelsof crude oil reserves; Iran trying threeformer judges due to death of three detained men in Kahrizakdetention center; Iran and Oman holding joint naval drillin Irans southern territorial waters and fall of South Koreas ...

Iran will try three former judges who were suspended over the deaths in detention of three men arrested in the protests that followed the 2009 presidential election,Mehrreported. The trials first session will be held on Feb. 26, Prosecutor-General Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei said yesterday, according to the state-runnews agency. The judges were suspended ...