Legal Commentary
Legal Commentary
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Qisas: A Law for Injustice
In this commentary, IHRDC Legal Advisor Hossein Raeesi analyzes a murder case and the court documents corresponding thereto, which reveal…
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Chronicle of an Execution: The Case of Mohsen Amir Aslani
In September of 2014, Iran carried out the death sentence of a man who had allegedly attracted a small following…
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The Problem of Political Crimes in Iranian Law
This article examines the concept of political crimes in the legal framework of Iran. While the Iranian Constitution provides special…
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Memorandum on Election Law
This is a memorandum on “free and fair” election standards to determine whether the events surrounding the election in Iran…
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Gender Inequality and Discrimination: The Case of Iranian Women
(March 8, 2013) -- Today, on this year's International Women's Day, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) is pleased…
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Iranian Bar Associations: Struggle for Independence
(28 November 2012) -- Today, one of Iran's most celebrated human rights lawyers, Nasrin Sotoudeh, is in her 43th day…
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The Execution of Women in Iranian Criminal Law: an Examination of the Impact of Gender on Laws Concerning Capital Punishment in the New Islamic Penal Code
In this legal commentary from the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, Maryam Hosseinkhah, writer and women's rights defender, examines the…
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Crimes against Children in Iran
(28 August 2012) -- In this legal commentary, Iranian human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei analyzes the practice of juvenile execution…
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Understanding the Rushdie Affair: Blasphemy and Extrajudicial Killing in Shi’a Islam (May 2012)
Despite its multifaceted impact—on geopolitics, human rights, and ordinary lives—nearly twenty-five years on, the central impetus behind the Salman Rushdie…
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The Question of "Stoning to Death" in the New Penal Code of the IRI
In this legal essay, Iranian lawyer Mohammad Hossein Nayyeri explains why, contrary to popular reports, the silence of Iran's new…
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