Arbitrariness in Justice: Violations of Human Rights and the Responsibility of States/Abuzar Zaman

The evolution of criminal justice and the transition from personal revenge and arbitrary justice to modern legal and penal systems is one of the signs of the civilization of human societies. Today, resorting to arbitrary justice is in clear contradiction with the right to a fair trial and human rights and in conflict with the […]...

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The Child Left Between Rape and Revenge/Fereshteh Goli

Lost in the chaos of Iranian news, a story with catastrophic depth was the story of an old man raping a boy in Tabriz, which led to personal revenge by the boy’s family, who sent the old man to the hospital and into surgery; revenge whose instrument was a wooden sofa leg. In this note, […]...

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When a murderer becomes a hero/Reza Harisi

In the framework of modern ethics and legal systems based on collective rationality, “murder” is defined as the most fundamental assault on human life and the violation of all social conventions; whether the victim is a young woman who is the victim of an honor killing on suspicion of wrongdoing in emotional and sexual relationships, […]...

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Alienation from the institutional bloc of the system/Judicial trustee

Administrative corruption is usually defined as the abuse of power and authority for personal gain. In the case of the judiciary, clients who witness such corruption distrust law enforcement institutions (police and judiciary) and may, as a result, engage in personal vigilantism in response to attacks on their lives and property. Simply put, when people […]...

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Social Crises and the Role of Civil Society Institutions/Parsa Naseri

This article is dedicated to Hoda Saber, a concerned activist and researcher who dedicated her life to raising awareness and being actively involved in social and political arenas.   Not long ago, in a southern city of the country, after the execution of the murderer of a doctor in Yasuj, a phenomenon occurred that was […]...

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The collapse of trust between people and medical staff in Iran / Nafiseh Sharafeddini

Trust is a delicate bond between patient and therapist that distinguishes the treatment process from a mere business transaction. But in recent years, we have seen that this pillar in the Iranian medical environment has been severely damaged, giving way to cynicism and misunderstanding. What is happening in the crowded corridors of hospitals and waiting […]...

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Can restorative justice replace revenge? / Totia Partovi Amoli

We witness countless court cases every day that result in the issuance of a verdict and ultimately the punishment of the offender. However, experience has shown that in today’s world, the issuance and execution of sentences does not necessarily mean the realization of justice. In many cases, the victim is still dissatisfied after the end […]...

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The erosion of law and the birth of street justice/Pardis Parsa

In the turbulent transition of the fifth decade after the 1979 revolution, Iran is facing a fundamental challenge in the field of public order and security that can be called the “erosion of the authority of the law.” The increasing statistics of street fights and personal conflicts in recent years only reveal the tip of […]...

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Air Pollution as a Social Crisis/Mina Jawani

In recent decades, air pollution has become one of the most persistent and complex environmental and social challenges in Iran’s major cities; a challenge that, although seemingly an environmental and public health issue, functions far beyond an ecological crisis in sociological analysis. Today, air pollution has emerged as a “full-fledged social phenomenon”; a phenomenon in […]...

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Transferring the government budget deficit to the household budget/Ahmad Alavi

Recent developments in Iran’s energy policy, particularly the triple-price gasoline pricing and price increases, have once again brought the long-standing issue of the relationship between pricing policies, governance structure, and household economics into the spotlight. The government promotes this policy with ostensibly economic goals, including controlling consumption, targeting subsidies, and reducing pressure on the public […]...

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