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The following is the full text of Imam Khamenei’s message of condolence following the martyrdom of Yahya Sinwar, chairman of the political bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Iran pardons 157 prisoners with security charges

Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaeili said on Tuesday that the Judiciary pardoned 157 prisoners with security charges for taking part in the riots of 2017, 2018 and 2019.

NGO urges G20 to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for abuses

A prominent rights organization has called on the G20 leading economies to press Saudi Arabia to release all those detained unlawfully and provide accountability for past abuses ahead of a leaders summit scheduled to be held in the kingdom later this...

Official meets with Takfiri inmates at Rajaeeshahr prison

On the occasion of Prophet Mohammad’s (PBUH) and Imam Jafar Sadegh’s (PBUH) birthday, the Director of Prisons Organization met with inmates at Rajaeeshahr prison.

Iran envoy reviews humanitarian crisis with Yemeni political councilman

Iran’s Ambassador Hassan Irlou in San'a on Monday held talks with a member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council Sultan Alsamei on humanitarian crisis in Yemen and ways to strengthen ties between the two countries.

5000 inmates released by dispute settlement councils

In a meeting held on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of the Dispute Settlement Council establishment, the Director of Dispute Settlement Development Center said that an increase in cases which are resolved through reconciliation could be seen an...

Nagorno-Karabakh’s 2nd-largest city seized: Azerbaijan

Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday his country’s forces had taken Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.

Blasphemous conduct towards Islam clear example of cultural terrorism: HR official

In a televised interview broadcast by IRIB, Ali Bagheri, the Secretary of High Council for Human Rights said that the French insulting conduct is a clear example of cultural terrorism since such acts could not be tolerated by Muslims all over the wor...

HCHR Secretary’s letters to UN officials on special rapporteur’s politicized approach

In reaction to the annual report provided by the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, the Secretary of High Council for Human Rights wrote separate letters to the UN Secretary General and the High Commissioner for Human Rig...

Iran: Medical ban on kids inconsistent with West’s human rights posture

The head of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights has censured the Western states for pretending to be advocates of human rights while blocking Tehran’s imports of medicine meant for child patients.

Leader: Sacred Defense proved invading Iran very costly

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran's decisively victorious defense against foreign-backed forces of Iraq’s former dictator Saddam Hussein proved that invading the country is a “very costly” undertaking.