From “No to Execution” and “Do Not Execute” to “Uprising Against Execution” / Elaheh Amani

Notes on Executions in Iran and the World. “Although I have lost two members of my family to assassination, I am firmly and explicitly against the death penalty for those who have been sentenced to death.” These are the words of Coretta Scott King, a writer, activist, and one of the leaders of the American […]...

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Conversation with Naemat Ahmadi, lawyer and prosecutor about the increase in execution sentences in Iran/ Ali Kalaii

Overcoming unemployment is overcoming crime. Statistics in the past year show a significant increase in the implementation of the death penalty in Iran. It seems that since Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei took office, there has been a strong will within the judicial system to expedite all death sentences. This has prompted the monthly magazine Khat-e-Solh to interview […]...

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Investigating Addiction in Conversation with Mary Ramshat, Psychologist / Ali Naseri

Criminalizing addiction prevents treatment. Is the person an addict or a criminal? This is a controversial debate that has yet to receive a clear answer and there are various opinions about it. However, each approach and perspective towards an addicted individual, whether as a patient or a criminal, can have a different impact on their […]...

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قتExecution; Deterrence or Intimidation? / Ehsan Haghighat

Capital Punishment – including execution, which is the most common type – has been one of the most important tools for social control and criminal reactions in various legal systems from ancient times until now. It still exists and is implemented in some criminal systems around the world. Sufficient deterrence, proportionality of punishment, preservation of […]...

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Execution in International Human Rights Documents / Alireza Goodarzi

Execution in the legal system of Iran is one of the punishments that results in the loss of life, but in the international human rights system, execution is generally considered equivalent to the death penalty. In this sense, intentionally taking the life of a human being is considered a form of punishment by law and […]...

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The dramatic increase in the number of executions in Iran and its reasons/ Morteza Hamounian

“Record keeping is the ruler of death” On average, one person is executed daily in Iran. These words are from Diana Eltahawy, the director of the Middle East and North Africa office of Amnesty International. The statistics are for the first six months of the current year. As the leader of the regime says, “We […]...

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A 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 […]...

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Execution of drug offenses from reform to implementation/ Mostafa Ahmadian

“منظوری از بالا” “A view from above” Mustafa Ahmadian The execution cycle for drug convicts in the past years was carried out in a chaotic manner. The result was the ineffectiveness and failure of criminal policies towards this phenomenon. The inefficiency of execution in the face of the widespread use of drugs in society and […]...

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In mourning of an execution/ Hossein Raeesi.

This is a picture of a beautiful flower. Hossein Raeisi Questioning about the death penalty is one of the most important events that has been entering legal and even public discussions for years. One of the criteria for a civilized society is looking at this issue; the degree of distance from civilization is undoubtedly related […]...

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Nemat Ahmadi: From the time of Khalkhali until now, we have only intensified punishment / Siavash Khoramgah

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 […]...

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Mohammad Saifzadeh: Drug offenders should not be imprisoned / Morteza Hamounian

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 […]...

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Death in a Circle of Life; Conversations with Seven Executed Drug Prisoners/ Simin Rouzgar

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 […]...

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