Press TV - Ten people sentenced to jail for attacking the Saudi Arabian Embassy in the Iranian capital Tehranhave had their appeals against their convictions rejected. The Court of First Instance had examined the accusations leveled against 19 people in the casewhich has been lodged by Tehran Prosecutors Officelast year. One person was also ...

Iranian Diplomacy- The year 2016 was one of bittersweet developments, from the very beginning, galore. It now ends in a still dangling over a crossroad of hopes and fears. It was on January 2, 2016, that an assault on the Saudi diplomatic mission in Tehran by a group of vigilantes enraged by Saudi Arabias execution of prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh ...

AP- Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency says an undisclosed number of suspects who stormed Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran early this year were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to six months. Friday's report quotes lawyer Mostafa Shabani as saying that "some of the defendants were sentenced to six months in prison and others to three ...

Tehran, Jan 21, IRNA An Interior Ministry Official said here Thursday that the report on the January 2 attack on Saudi Embassy in Tehran is ready to be submitted to the Supreme Leader. The report was presented to President Hassan Rouhani two days ago, Hossein Zolfaqari said. The deputy for the ministry for security and law enforcement affaris ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday lashed out at the recent attack on Saudi embassy in Tehran, but stressed that such moves should not turn into a pretext for undermining young Iranian revolutionaries. The recent attack on Saudi Arabias embassy in Tehran, and before that, the attack ...

Iranian security forces have detained three people accused of having played a key role in the recent raid on the Saudi embassy in the capital, Tehran, a top Iranian Judiciary official says. In the recent couple of days, three main suspects involved in the transgression againstthe Saudi embassy [in Tehran] have been identified and arrested; and the ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Prosecutor General of Tehran Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi said a process is still underway to identify, capture and interrogate suspects for a January 3 attack on Saudi Arabias embassy in Tehran. Speaking at a judicial session on Sunday, Dowlatabadi said the attackers continue to be identified, arrested and interrogated. On Saturday,...

Tehran, Jan 7, IRNA Prosecutor General Ebrahim Raeesi said on Thursday that investigations into the attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran are still underway. Immediately after the incident, the Prosecutor General's office stepped in and began probing into the attack, Raeesi said speaking to reporters. Angry protesters stormed the Saudi embassy ...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday urged the countrys courts to prosecute protesters who stormed the Saudi Embassy and consulate over the weekend and said all diplomatic missions deserve protection. Diplomatic missions and guests are legally and internationally immune, and attacking these places in the country is against legal and religious ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 17 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Iranian Presidents letter to the Judiciary Chief asking him to hasten investigations regarding the case of Saudi embassy attackers, the screening of parliamentary ...

Tehran, Jan 6, IRNA - Recent attacks against Saudi diplomatic missions in Tehran and Mashhad is suspicious, Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari said on Wednesday. Speaking in a local ceremony, the police chief said that he is not sure but suspicious of the way Saudi missions were attacked. Police will continue its investigation to ...

Tehran, Jan 6, IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in a letter to Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli-Larijani, called for punishment of those who attacked Saudi Embassy and Consulate in Tehran and Mashad. 'Those behind this clear offence should be punished in order to prevent such actions to happen again in the future,' he added. The ...

Kuwait has become the next Islamic country to renounce ties with Iran after it recalled its ambassador to Tehran, following Irans spat with Saudi Arabia. The state-run Kuwait News Agency reported the news. A source at the Foreign Ministry blasted Iran for its alleged violations of the commitment to provide security to diplomatic missions an accusation ...

The attack on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran Saturday night in which the mission was set ablaze was a completely organized job, Brigadier General Mohsen Kazemeini, who leads the Tehran division of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, said. He further said storming a diplomatic mission and setting it on fire is wrong and cannot be justified in any way....

Tehran, Jan 3, IRNA Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Sunday that execution of prominent Saudi Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr was an unwise move by the Saudi government. Addressing a group of officials, Rafsanjani condemned attacks on Saudi Embassy and consulate and said there is a logical and right solution to any ...

Tehran, Jan 3, IRNA - Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Sunday that the attack on Saudi Arabia embassy on Saturday evening was against Iranian law and regulations. During storming the Saudi embassy in Tehran, some people were arrested, some under legal prosecution and some others identified, he said. Speaking to reporters,...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian deputy interior minister said that the country would deal with any attack against embassies in Tehran. Iranian Deputy Minister of Interior for Security and Disciplinary Hossein Zolfaghari said diplomatic sites and their staff are in full security. He made the remarks after a number of individuals gathered in front of Saudi ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Commander of Tehran Police Force Brigadier General Hossein Sajedinia said that a number of individuals involved in a Saturday attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran have been detained. Last night, at around 10:20 pm (local time), some rogue individuals staged a rally in front of the Saudi embassy and chanted anti-Saudi slogans, Brigadier ...

Tehran (AFP) - Iran's president Sunday condemned the Saudi execution of a Shia cleric but also denounced attacks on the Sunni kingdom's embassy and consulate as "totally unjustifiable" after protesters stormed the compounds. "The actions last night by a group of radicals in Tehran and Mashhad leading to damage at the Saudi embassy and consulate ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian students plan to gather in front of Saudi embassy in Tehran on Sunday to protest against execution of Saudi prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. The protest is scheduled for 15:00 pm before the embassy. Iran categorically condemned al-Nimrs execution, denouncing it as deeply irresponsible. The execution of a personality ...