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TEHRAN (defapress) – Spain's prime minister said he will meet the head of Catalonia's separatist government in early February, although discussion on any independence referendum will be off the table.
News ID: 79969 Publish Date : 2020/01/21
TEHRAN (defapress) - Twelve Catalan secessionist leaders go on trial in Spain's Supreme Court on Tuesday, charged for their role in a failed independence bid 16 months ago that deeply divided the country and triggered the biggest political crisis in decades.
News ID: 75555 Publish Date : 2019/02/12
TEHRAN (defapress) - Spanish authorities transferred nine politicians and activists on Friday from prisons in Catalonia to the country's capital, Madrid, ahead of a high-stakes trial for their part in an attempt to secede from Spain.
News ID: 75329 Publish Date : 2019/02/01
TEHRAN (defapress)- The prosecutor's office asked for a sentence of 25 years imprisonment for former Catalan Vice President Oriol Junqueras, and 17 years of prison for another eight leaders of the region who supported the independence movement.
News ID: 73455 Publish Date : 2018/11/02
TEHRAN (defapress) - Catalan leader Quim Torra renewed calls for Madrid to accept a referendum on independence in an interview published on Sunday, two days before separatists take to the streets in the first of a series of major protests.
News ID: 72297 Publish Date : 2018/09/09
TEHRAN (defapress) - A former Catalan lawmaker and major figure in the region's secession attempt has fled to Switzerland ahead of a court hearing in Madrid, comparing the situation in Catalonia to Turkey's post-coup crackdown.
News ID: 68775 Publish Date : 2018/02/20
TEHRAN (defapress)- Spanish Supreme Court Judge Pablo Llareno overturned international arrest and extradition warrants for Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four other members of the local government, who were ousted by Madrid and fled to Belgium.
News ID: 67273 Publish Date : 2017/12/05
TEHRAN (defapress) - Several hundred people rallied in Brussels on Sunday to back the independence push in Catalonia, slam the EU and demand Spain release jailed regional officials.
News ID: 66974 Publish Date : 2017/11/13
TEHRAN (defapress) - A Spanish judge issued an EU arrest warrant for Catalonia's deposed separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, a day after he failed to appear for questioning over his role in the region's tumultuous independence drive.
News ID: 66849 Publish Date : 2017/11/04
Spokesman:
TEHRAN (defapress) - Catalan authorities will not follow orders from Madrid, but will only listen to the will of the Catalan people, Catalonia’s Foreign Affairs spokesman said.
News ID: 66630 Publish Date : 2017/10/23
Spanish PM:
TEHRAN (defapress)- Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said at a press conference that Spanish government will administer Catalonia directly from Madrid, adding that Madrid wants to curb the powers of the Catalan parliament.
News ID: 66602 Publish Date : 2017/10/21
TEHRAN (defapress) - Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Barcelona on Tuesday after a court ordered the detention of two Catalan separatist leaders, further inflaming tensions over Catalonia's chaotic referendum on splitting from Spain.
News ID: 66520 Publish Date : 2017/10/18
TEHRAN (defapress) - European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker said on Friday he did not want Catalonia to become independent as it would encourage other regions to do the same and make governing the EU too complicated.
News ID: 66357 Publish Date : 2017/10/13
TEHRAN (defapress) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on gave the Catalan government eight days to drop an independence bid, failing which he would suspend Catalonia’s political autonomy and rule the region directly.
News ID: 66327 Publish Date : 2017/10/12
TEHRAN (defapress) – The leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, said he was not afraid of being arrested for organizing a banned referendum on the region’s independence from Spain, which went ahead on Sunday despite Madrid using force to try to stop people voting.
News ID: 66160 Publish Date : 2017/10/05
