News in Brief
Iran, UN discuss efforts to resolve Yemen’s crisis
Officials from Iran and the United Nations held virtual talks on the situation in Yemen and ways to end the crisis in the Arab country.
The meeting was held between the Iranian Foreign Minister’s Senior Adviser for Special Political Affairs Ali Asghar Khaji and the UN Special Representative for Yemeni Affairs Hans Grundberg.
The two sides discussed the latest developments in Yemen and exchanged views on the process of the Sana’a negotiations, as well as solutions to solve the Yemen crisis.
Khaji expressed his satisfaction with the recent developments in Yemen, especially direct negotiations between Saudi Arabia and the Ansarullah movement in Sana’a.
Spy network dismantled
PRESS TV – Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has arrested members of a spying network who were engaged in a project run by a foreign spy agency to extract information about the Iranians travelling abroad.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the ministry said that the spy agency had been monitoring the Iranians with responsibility in different positions or special expertise in various fields as well as those who have access to important information in the country’s sensitive institutions.
The ministry noted that its measures led to the identification of the network’s “liaisons and executive agents” in several Iranian organizations and institutions.
Top court revokes death sentence of young man
IFP – The Iranian Supreme Court has revoked the death sentence handed down to Javad Rouhi, who was arrested during last year’s unrest.
Rouhi’s lawyer, Majid Kaveh, said in a tweet that the top tribunal accepted the defendant’s appeal against the death sentence issued against him at a court in the northern Iranian city of Sari.
Rouhi, 35, was arrested on September 22 and was later convicted of “war against God and state,” “corruption on Earth” and “apostasy.”