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Arrest for 36 People Involved in Gen. Soleimani Assassination Issued

reporter 1222 — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 08:31:35 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Tehran’s prosecutor said 36 people involved in the assassination of Iranian top commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani have been identified and the judiciary has ordered their arrest.

Ali Alqasimehr said the judiciary has also given their names to the international police to capture them, according to IFP News.

US President Donald Trump is top on the list and his prosecution will be pursued even after his term ends, Tehran’s prosecutor added.

He underlined that these people are accused of “murder” and conducting “acts of terrorism ”.

General Soleimani was the commander of the IRGC Quds Force and was widely known as a key figure in the fight against Daesh terrorists in the region. He was killed in a US airstrike ordered by Trump at Baghdad International Airport on January 3.

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Iran arrests corrupt businessman before leaving the country

reporter 1222 — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 11:30:33 +0000

Previously convicted Iranian businessman Shahram Jazayeri has been arrested in a smuggled consignment by Iran’s Customs Administration police.

According to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Jazayeri was arrested while he was trying to escape the country in a consignment.

A source familiar with the matter told Iranian media that he was found while a consignment of lentils was being checked by the Customs Administration police and then it was revealed that one of the people arrested there was the previously convicted businessman.

Jazayeri was imprisoned in 2001 at the age of 24 after he was convicted of a long-list of criminal activities including bribery, smuggling, forgery, and massive embezzlement of state money and property.

The Iranian govenment has recently intensified its efforts in the fight against corruption in a bid to tackle economic problems.

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‘SNSC decided to put vote rigging claimants under house arrest’

reporter 1222 — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:30:42 +0000

TEHRAN – Judiciary spokesman Qolamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Monday that the house arrest of the opposition leaders, who claimed vote rigging in the 2009 presidential election, is a legal decision made by the Supreme National Security Council.

Speaking at a press conference, Mohseni Ejei said the house arrest was put in place due to national security concerns, Fars reported.

Mehdi Karroubi, Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, were placed under house arrest early 2011 after they insisted on their claims of vote rigging and called for protests.

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