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TEHRAN – Judiciary Chief Hojjatoleslam Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the nature of Islamic ruling and the Islamic Republic of Iran is clean and anti-corruption and wherever it finds corruption, it will combat it and no organ and official can accept existence of corruption in the society and administrative system.

Speaking during a session of the Judiciary’s Supreme Council, Hojjatoleslam Raeisi called for transparency in all sectors especially in the economic sector and called for implementing e-government and launching mechanism for implementation of justice and serious combat with discrimination.

He reiterated that combat and trial are parts of making the administrative system healthy but before anything, the grounds which are source of corruption should be corrected preventive grounds should be set..

Hojjatoleslam Raeisi reiterated that the Islamic Republic and Islamic ruling is innately against corruption and it combats with corruption.

He reiterated that all organs are duty-bound to combat corruption and the Judiciary’s task is to supervise and eradicate grounds for corruption and to confront corrupts through fair judgement.

He further said enemies resort to distortion in order to paint a negative picture of the Islamic Republic in order to set up corrupted governments. He once again reiterated that all should stand against distortions and not trust the enemies.

He also said that his body considers the case of Lieutenant General Soleimani’s assassination as a priority to deal with.

“Pursuing the assassination of Martyr Soleimani is high on the Judiciary’s agenda,” Raeisi said.

He stressed that the cowardly move by the U.S. will not be left unanswered, adding, “General Soleimani’s martyrdom will make the nations in the region more aware” of the U.S. crimes.

He emphasized that the U.S. is terrorist and supports terrorists, too.

At the direct order of U.S. President Donald Trump, American terrorist forces launched airstrikes at Baghdad airport on Jan. 3, assassinating Lieutenant General Soleimani and deputy PMU Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and their comrades. Iran vehemently condemned the attack, vowing to take harsh revenge, part of which came five days later by a missile strike at U.S.’ al-Asad airbase in Iraq.

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TEHRAN – Judiciary spokesman dismissed as politically-motivated a United Nations human rights report that suggests Iranian prisoners face discrimination when it comes to receiving furloughs during a new coronavirus outbreak, saying Iran’s performance in dealing with the issue — compared to that of the West — has been “exemplary.”

“The Islamic Republic’s performance in both protecting the inmates’ health and prisons’ security and granting furloughs to them can be looked upon as an exemplary and outstanding model, “ Iran’s Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said Tuesday.

Esmaeli’s remarks came after UN human rights experts called for the immediate release of prisoners, including dual nationals and foreigners, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit Iran and other world states.

Judiciary Chief Hojjatoleslam Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi says Iran has temporarily released around 70,000 prisoners in order to prevent a further spread of the new coronavirus.

In a report released on Friday, UN experts, including the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, said the Islamic Republic should expand its temporary release of thousands of detainees, claiming that “Iran’s prisons have long-standing hygiene, overcrowding and healthcare problems.”

Esmaeli said that the UN experts would better report on what the United States, Britain and other European countries, where the coronavirus is more prevalent than in Iran, have done about their detainees.

“We have not seen any reports of furloughs or assistance to detainees from the countries” making such claims against Iran, he said, stressing that justice has been served and no distinction has been made among the inmates.

Ismaili said that Iran has recently furloughed more than 1,000 foreigners in order to prevent a further spread of the pandemic.

“We do not recognize dual citizenship, and our criteria for granting leave are the type of crime, the time served, the potential risks that an individual can pose to the society, and the eligibility to parole,” he added.

He went on to say that that the Judiciary is not seeking slogans and politicizing and looks at the implementation of civil rights as its practical duty.

Esmaeli said that Iran’s Judiciary has tried to turn the Corona threat into an opportunity.

“Despite the reduction of social and administrative activities due to the spreading of the Coronavirus, Iran’s Judiciary has managed to take important steps,” he added. 207

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