The pardons were granted to commemorate Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic holiday celebrated at the end of Ramadan, according to their lawyer. Iran has a tradition of freeing prisoners, but not political ...

The decision came as the Leader agreed to a request by Iran’s Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei to suspend or mitigate the sentences of the inmates deemed eligible for parole or reduction of ...

The Leader’s decision came in response to a letter from Iran's Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei regarding prisoners found eligible for receiving the clemency by the relevant judicial ...

The prisoners had been sentenced in public and revolution courts, the Discretionary Punishments Organization Of Iran, and the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces.

It is common for leaders of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member-states to make major announcements regarding prisoner releases, pardons, succession, and cabinet reshuffles during the final days of ...

The U.S. announced a fresh set of sanctions on Iran on Thursday, targeting the production of unmanned aerial vehicles as Tehran warned Israel it would review its official stance on nuclear weapons ...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bahrain's interior ministry announced in 2020 the release of 1,486 prisoners, including 901 who had received royal pardons on "humanitarian grounds." ...

Iran closed down its nuclear facilities amid fears of an Israeli attack, the United Nations has revealed. Inspectors were blocked from the sites on Sunday, Rafael Grossi, the UN’s International ...

JERUSALEM — With all eyes focused on a brewing high-intensity war between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the state of Tehran’s illicit nuclear weapons program has come under the ...

Events in the Middle East over the weekend have brought the longstanding Israel-Iran shadow war into the spotlight, compounding fears that the Gaza conflict will spill over into a regional war. Iran ...