Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei: The Default Rule is the Prohibition of Public Punishment / Pedram Tahsini

Seyed Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei, a licensed attorney, political activist, and member of the board of directors of the Central Bar Association, was also a representative in the first term of the Islamic City Council of Tehran (1997–2001). He has represented many Iranian political figures and senior officials, particularly those affiliated with the reformist movement, including […]...

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Humiliation as Part of Punishment: The Violation of Human Dignity Through Public Executions/ Alireza Goodarzi

Let us begin by distinguishing between a criminal, a suspect, and anyone else outside these categories. A person living in society may come under legal suspicion of having committed a crime. From that moment on, this individual is referred to as a “suspect.” Once the accusation is proven in a competent court, with all legal […]...

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The Psychological Impact of Witnessing Public Executions on Children and Adolescents/ Mahtab Alinejad

On a cold winter morning, in the heavy silence of a city square, a crowd gathers to witness the public execution of a condemned individual. The murmurs of the crowd and the hurried steps of the guards ripple through the air. A 4- or 5-year-old child, puffed corn snack in hand, stands next to his […]...

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Killing Innocence at Dawn: A Public Execution/ Fereshteh Goli

As the sharp, cold morning wind swept autumn leaves across the cobbled alleyways of the city, a dense, silent crowd had gathered in the main square. Their breath turned into small clouds in the freezing air, merging into one another. Among the crowd stood women whose eyes reflected waves of fear, worry, and anxiety, and […]...

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Public Execution: Reproduction of Violence Instead of Deterrence/ Toutia Partovi Amoli

Public execution is a punishment that, in some societies, has been used as a tool aimed at deterring crime and instilling fear. Nevertheless, according to statistical studies and scientific findings, carrying out punishment in public not only has no significant effect on reducing violent crime rates but also leads to the normalization and reproduction of […]...

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Justice or Show? Criticism of the Treatment of a Child Molestation Suspect / Musa Barzin

In early April, Tehran police announced the arrest of a suspect accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting multiple children. Police and judicial authorities, after examining evidence and clues, including the suspect’s phone, suspect that there may be more victims than initially discovered or admitted by the suspect. In this regard, it was decided to release […]...

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Does fortune-telling and divination tarnish human dignity?/ Sina Yousefi

Fortune-telling and divination, as manifestations of superstitions in modern societies, are considered a serious threat to human dignity beyond just a cultural and social problem. These phenomena take advantage of individuals’ psychological, economic, and social vulnerabilities, targeting their intellectual independence and free will, and reducing them from capable and autonomous beings to dependent and passive […]...

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Individual, Cultural, and Social Effects of Repentance / Kazem Alamdari

About 300 years ago, Francois Voltaire, one of the famous philosophers of the Enlightenment era, believed: “There must be a distinction between sin and crime.” Just looking at articles 114 to 119 of the Islamic Penal Code, which was passed in 2013, and the guidelines for repentance that were recently announced by the head of […]...

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Human dignity in international human rights treaties / Mohammad Mohabi

This is a caption This is a caption. Mohammad Mohabbai The concept of human dignity, humanity, and human dignity refers to the honor, status, and inherent respect for humans, which has been a subject of great attention for religions, philosophers, and humanistic thinkers since ancient times. In fact, the history of human civilization is a […]...

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Violation of human dignity and spreading hatred against Baha’is; in conversation with Dr. Farhad Sabetan / Simin Roozgar.

  Conversation with Simin Rouzgar Bahá’ís in Iran can be considered as the most marginalized individuals. They are not only deprived of the right to education in universities and higher education centers, or the right to employment in government offices, but they also face various insults and humiliations in their daily lives. Even after their […]...

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: Mohammad Moghimi: Insult and humiliation of humans awakens the feeling of revenge/ Mani Tehrani: Mohammad Moghimi: Insult and belittlement of humans awakens the sense of revenge/ Mani Tehrani:

  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 […]...

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From Kiss to Whip/ Sussan Mohammadkhani Ghiasvand

  Conversation with Golaleh Kamangar and Shahou Hosseini Sousan Mohammadkhani Ghiasvand “Building housing for low-income classes and providing free “water, electricity, and bus” were promises made to the deprived people of Iran in the early years of the revolution. They asked the people not to be content with just this amount. They promised to elevate […]...

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