It said Hajipour received a three-year, eight-month sentence on charges of “propaganda against the system” and “encouraging people to protest”. Know more details below.
Iran's rulers are expecting a higher turnout, which seems unlikely as polls show only 41 per cent of Iranians will vote. Iran has been rattled by economic and political crises, with widespread protests over hijab rules culminating in the worst turmoil since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The development has come just a month after both Iran and Pakistan conducted airstrikes inside each other's territory.
Amini was arrested by the so-called Iranian Morality Police for not wearing the burqa in public, and died after being tortured in custody, Her death sparked nationwide protests, and police launched a violent crackdown killing 500 and arresting thousands.
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Iran had announced its decision to waive visa requirements for 33 countries, including India, last year. This decision follows similar moves by countries like Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam to waive visa requirements for Indian tourists.
White House national security adviser Sullivan declined to be drawn on whether the United States might attack sites inside Iran, something the US military has been very careful to avoid.
The Yemen strikes are running parallel to an unfolding US campaign of retaliation over the killing of three American soldiers in a drone strike by Iran-backed militants on an outpost in Jordan a week ago.
The US military said that its massive barrage of strikes hit command and control headquarters; intelligence centres; rockets and missiles, drone and ammunition storage sites; and other facilities connected to the militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force.
Raisi's remarks came after the US approved plans for strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to the killing of three American soldiers by a drone in Jordan. There has been rising speculation of an American response as tensions heated up in the Middle East since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
Since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out in October, Iranian-backed militant groups have struck US bases in Iraq and Syria at least 166 times with rockets, missiles and one-way attack drones.
However, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, when asked about the matter at a news briefing following the media report, stopped short of confirming the drone's origin. "We're still doing the forensics," he said.
Three American soldiers were killed and roughly 40 others were wounded in a drone attack by suspected Iran-backed militia in Jordan earlier this week. Iran has threatened to "decisively respond" to any US attack after Biden vowed "revenge" for the attack.
Earlier on Sunday, Biden blamed Iran-backed groups for the unmanned aerial drone attack on US forces, the first deadly strike against American troops since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on October 7 and sent shock waves throughout the Middle East.
The rockets were fired from nearby mountains and exploded in different areas of Mach town. After firing rockets, terrorists attacked a camp of the security forces near the central jail and also entered the Mach railway station.
The situation develops as US President Joe Biden faces increasing pressure, particularly from Republicans, to respond to attacks by Iran-backed forces in the Middle East. Many Republicans believe that Biden's modest policies have resulted in the attack as tensions rise in the region.
The execution was carried out after the country's Supreme Court upheld their death sentences, handed down by another court in September-- a month before the Israel-Hamas war erupted.
American forces in the Middle East have been attacked more than 150 times by Iran-backed forces in Iraq, Syria, Jordan and off the coast of Yemen since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October.
American forces in the Middle East have been attacked more than 150 times by Iran-backed forces in Iraq, Syria, Jordan and off the coast of Yemen since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October.
State TV named the launched satellites Mahda, Kayhan-2 and Hatef-1. It described the Mahda as a research satellite, while the Kayhan and the Hatef were nanosatellites focused on global positioning and communication respectively.
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