Right to Life
The file of Kian Emamverdi; from “Rape by Force” to “Corruption on Earth” / Moein Khazaei
It was the summer of 1399 when some users of the social network Twitter revealed a crime that had been committed against them. They were talking about a man who would lure women to his house and drug them, then take advantage of them while they were unconscious and helpless. The number of testimonies increased, […]...
Read MoreDraft of “Amendment to the Arms Deployment Law” in conversation with Ebrahim Azizi and Seyed Ali Aghazadeh Dafsari, two representatives of the parliament / Ali Kalaei.
Weapon; a remedy for all seasons of rule. Critics have the floor; Ali Mojtehazadeh, a lawyer, says that “the thirteenth government has prepared a bill entitled ‘Granting the right to use weapons to security forces in protests’ and intends to legalize it” (1) and Faizeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, a political activist and member of the Constructionist […]...
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Created By: Ali KalaeiDoes the proposed bill recognize the use of lethal weapons as legitimate? In conversation with Saleh Nikbakht/ Behzad Haghighi.
In pursuit of expanding the powers of law enforcement and military personnel in the use of weapons, the proposed amendment to the Arms Use Law, particularly the granting of authority to security and plainclothes officers, has raised the greatest concern among legal experts and human rights activists. This puts one of the most fundamental human […]...
Read MoreMohammad Moghimi: The amendment bill on the use of weapons is against all human values / Azad Mohammadi
Following the efforts of the eleventh parliament to review and approve the amendment bill on the use of weapons, passed in 1994, supporters and proponents of this bill claim that the main goal of drafting this new amendment is to address the inadequacy of the current law (the law on the use of weapons by […]...
Read MoreIs the bill “Amendment of the Arms Deployment Law” a reproduction of the exceptional situation? / Mehrnoush Noye Doust
God, Sultan Mahmud is the same God as today. Last year, the leader of the Islamic Republic agreed to change the name of “NAJA” to “FARAJA” and in May of this year, “The Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic” was promoted to “The Command of the Law Enforcement of the Islamic Republic”. Following this […]...
Read MoreانDevelopment of the use of weapons against citizens with legal tools/ Osman Mozinan
Is might right? The law on the use of weapons by law enforcement officers in necessary situations was passed in 1373 (1994) and was drafted in the prevailing conditions after the end of the eight-year war. It seems that the aim of this law was to prevent shooting at civilians and reduce the use of […]...
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Created By: Osman MozayanWhat are the laws for police use of weapons in other countries? / Musi Barzin
A look at the laws of Turkey and Pakistan in comparison with Iran. The use of force and weapons by armed forces to maintain order and deal with criminals has always been one of the most important and troublesome issues in the legal systems of countries. On one hand, it cannot be denied that the […]...
Read More“The Amendment to the ‘Arms Use Law’; Green Light for Personal Clothing to Use Weapons/ Mahnaz Norouzian”
These days, the news of the proposal to amend the law on the use of weapons by armed forces personnel being on the agenda of the parliament and the discussion of changes to the law on the use of weapons and the replacement of the term “armed forces” with “armed personnel” has sparked a heated […]...
Read MoreThe draft of “Amendment to the Arms Use Law”; Support for the Police or Threat to Citizens’ Right to Life? / Moayen Khazaei
They say everything started with the release of a video; a video in which an officer of the Islamic Republic’s law enforcement forces in “Bidzard” of Shiraz is attacked by a suspect with a cold weapon and as a result of the injuries, loses his life. The main question here was why the police officer […]...
Read MoreA Look at the Wave of Executions in Recent Months/ Milad Pour Eisi
“Violence and execution, the response of anger to inequality.” According to the statistics from the Center for Human Rights Activists in Iran, in the month of Khordad of this year, ninety-seven prisoners have been executed across the country. Based on this report, only less than forty percent of these executions, which is at least thirty […]...
Read MoreThe moral and ethical responsibility of the execution of the sentence of retribution falls upon Arman Abdolali and Mehran Mosadeghnia.
Human societies have been established since the beginning of history based on a set of rules and laws created by the members of that society. One of these laws that has existed in all societies and throughout different eras, from primitive humans to the present, is the law of retribution, which aims to punish and […]...
Read MoreThe Difficulty of Discovering the Truth About the Disappeared / Shahin Sadeghzadeh Milani
A wide range of victims of human rights violations fall into the category of “enforced disappearances”. From Argentine political prisoners who were thrown out of airplanes into the sea during the “Dirty War” of 1976-1983, to the victims of the massacre of political prisoners in Iran in the summer of 1988; the disappeared are individuals […]...
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