In the first half of Tir month 1403, in the aftermath of the helicopter crash of Ebrahim Raisi and preparations for the election of the 14th government of the Islamic Republic, the head of the judiciary announced a set of guidelines that, if discussed in a different context, could have sparked many debates and opinions. […]...

“Tawabsazi” and the misuse of religion in service of the government and power, seems to have been initiated by Assadollah Lajvardi – also known as Evin’s executioner – from the early years of the revolution, and reached its peak during the massacre of the Mojahedin and individuals associated with leftist groups in 1988. Television confessions, […]...

Repentance is a religious term in various religions, including Islam, which aims to “socially rehabilitate” the criminal and prevent society from “corrupting” the individual. This religious directive is based on the reconstruction of the “sinful” personality through expressing hidden remorse and regret, but in ideological systems, it is often used not for the purpose of […]...

The law is one of the most important foundations for the formation and achievement of a civil society. Relying on the law and safeguarding its boundaries as a manifestation of the will of the people, is the guarantor of the survival and stability of such societies. The combination of these characteristics – in addition to […]...

The present article is dedicated to the approach of human rights activists towards the process of forced confession and retribution in the prisons of despotic rulers. How the captive is forced to express repentance and remorse to the point where he even turns his back on his ideals and values ​​and accepts the values […]...

Recently, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the head of the judicial power of the Islamic Republic, announced the implementation of guidelines titled “Qualification of Repentance” to judicial authorities in order to prevent repeated crimes and reform and educate criminals. According to this manual, “repentance is a psychological state that involves attention and return of a person to […]...

Each of us has heard many stories of repentance in detention centers and political prisons in the 1990s. Bitter stories that in many cases put a person between death and repentance. As we have heard a lot about the executions of 1967, the issue of “being executed” or “surviving” became a criterion for those who […]...

1 – Footnotes: 1 – Confession in the laws of the United States of America – Britannica Encyclopedia under the main entry of Confession 2 – Memories of Asadollah Mobasheri – Edited by Habib Lajvardi – Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University 3 – The Painful Letter of Torture Three Decades After the Revolution […]...

  Conversation with Mani Tehrani Sometimes we imagine that we have reached a world where public torture of humans is intertwined with history or even mythology, and at the same time, a reminder like the whip on the backs of the workers of the Agh Darreh gold mine in West Azerbaijan, Iran, disturbs our naive […]...

This is a caption “This is a caption” Reza Alijani Do you think why the security-judicial system in Iran has always been opposed to defining political crimes and even when it is written without any evidence or basis, they still strongly defend against it? The answer to my speculation is a problem: They are against […]...

  Conversation with Siavash Khoramgah The film “Confessions”, based on a true story, is about the white torture and forced confessions in Iranian prisons. It will soon be broadcasted on one of the satellite networks in Persian language, on the occasion of the anniversary of July 18th, 1978. This documentary was produced in Turkey and […]...