Legal Commentary
Legal Commentary
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Q&A: Criminal Complaint Filed in Argentina over Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran
On December 16, 2025, a group of survivors filed a criminal complaint in Argentina for crimes against humanity committed by…
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پرسش های متداول و پاسخ های آنها: طرح شکایت کیفری در آرژانتین به دلیل ارتکاب جنایات علیه بشریت توسط جمهوری اسلامی ایران
در روز ۱۶ دسامبر ۲۰۲۵ (۲۵ آذر ۱۴۰۴) گروهی از بازماندگان با طرح یک شکایت کیفری در کشور آرژانتین، جمهوری…
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IHRDC presenta una querella en Argentina por la comisión de crímenes de lesa humanidad en Irán durante las protestas “Mujer, Vida, Libertad”
(17 de diciembre del 2025) – El día de ayer, un grupo de sobrevivientes y el Centro de Documentación de…
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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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