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The assignment comes three days after death of Ayatollah Abbas Vaez Tabasi, the former chief custodian. The deceased had been in charge of the trusteeship for some 37 years. Ayatollah Vaez Tabasi had been assigned the job by late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini in 1979. Astan Quds …

Speaking in his weekly press conference here in Tehran, Ejei said Zanjani and two of his accomplices were given the death penalty, but the sentence is not final and can be appealed. “The Court of the First Instance has ruled that the three defendants are Corruptors on Earth (based on …

Speaking at a weekly press conference on Sunday, Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei said there has been no new development in the judicial case of Khavari. “We are pursuing his extradition (from Canada) via the Interpol, but there is no glimmer of hope to get him back, at least from my …

Imam Khamenei, accompanied by a host of senior Iranian officials, uttered a prayer at the deceased’s coffin covered with a black pall. The funeral ceremony was held at the shrine of the eighth Shiite imam, Imam Reza (AS). Ayatollah Vaez Tabasi was the chief custodian of the Astan Quds Razavi, …

“This (Iranian calendar) year (started on March 21), 525 tons of illicit drugs were seized across the country, which shows a 14% rise compared with the same period of time in the previous year,” Moayyedi said in a press conference in Tehran. That included 400 tons of opium and 75 …

Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi said good measures have been taken to boost EMS performance on roads and improve response time at the scenes of accidents. Though the Health Ministry has leased 19 copters from the Army, at least 45 choppers are required to cover the entire …