The Murder of the Yasouj Doctor Through the Lens of Local Values and Modern Law; A Conversation with Hossein Imani Jajarmi/ Ali Kalaei

The case of the murder of a doctor in Yasouj, the grand funeral of the convicted killer after his public execution, the participation of a local preacher in the ceremony, and ultimately the presence of a member of parliament at the home of the executed man to offer condolences have raised serious questions in the […]...

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A Look at the Line Between Legal Punishment and Personal Revenge; A Conversation with Ali Najafi Tavana/ Pedram Tahsini

Ali Najafi Tavana was born in 1953 (1332) in the Alamut region of Qazvin. He completed his primary education in Tonekabon and graduated from Hafeziyeh High School in the same city. In 1972 (1351), he was admitted to the Faculty of Law at the University of Tehran, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in judicial […]...

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The Collective Psychology of Anger/ Mehdi Anbari

In both narratives, there is a moment when time seems to stop—a moment when the individual or the family realizes they can no longer wait. In one case, a doctor loses his life at work; in the other, a child who should have been within the safest circle of life becomes the victim of profound […]...

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From Mahmoud Ansari to Qaisar; Media Heroism and the Return of the Logic of Revenge / Morteza Hamounian

In Yasuj, the capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, a doctor is murdered. The accused of the murder says that this doctor (Masoud Davoudi) is to blame for his brother’s death and that he committed medical negligence. So he takes action and kills the doctor. The accused of the murder is sentenced to self-retribution by […]...

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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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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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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 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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