Last year, the Islamic Consultative Assembly announced the amendment of the Anti-Drug Law in order to create a glimmer of hope in this area. In this plan, the representatives of the Assembly demanded the elimination of the death penalty for drug-related crimes, except in cases of armed trafficking or organized groups. According to the resolution […]...

Seyed Mohammad Seifzadeh is a human rights lawyer. He is one of the founders of the Human Rights Defenders Association and spent several years in prison after the events of the 2009 presidential election. Seifzadeh has been actively working in various legal and human rights fields for years and has represented many political, security, and […]...

Simin Rouzgar The rights of prisoners and their families are one of the most important topics in human rights. One of the prerequisites for enforcing these rights is the proper identification and understanding of prisoners accused of various crimes and awareness of their conditions. In addition, achieving such understanding plays a significant role in research […]...

Simin Rouzgar The Glasgow school believes that news does not reflect the world, but rather shapes it. This definition means that the way an event is reported is more influenced by the political and social world surrounding it. The findings of research from this school not only question the impartiality of dominant media, but also […]...

This is a caption. Saeed Madani A rapper has recently released a song called “National Garden” in which he attempts to depict the social situation and crises in Iranian society. In this music video, the voices of countless victims of social damages cry out to the authorities: “Do you hear our voices?” Now I, alongside […]...

Hope and despair, together, are intertwined in Karaj’s Qezel Hessar prison – one of the largest prisons in the Middle East – despite thousands of prisoners under death sentences. It has been a few months since prisoners have heard whispers that the current laws regarding issuing death sentences for drug-related crimes may change; on one […]...