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October 2, 2024

Moein Khazaei

The policy of transferring prisons to the outskirts of cities in Iran; improving urban areas or increasing prison capacity? / Mo’in Khazaei

It was December 2001 when the Islamic Consultative Assembly in Iran passed a law that obligated the government and the organization of prisons, correctional and rehabilitation facilities to sell prisons within cities in order to provide conditions for transferring prisons outside of cities. According to this law, titled “The Law of Transferring Prisons and Correctional […]...

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Created By: Moein Khazaeli
May 22, 2023

The attack of security forces on the university; an endless story in Iran / Moein Khazaeei

On the evening of October 1, 2022, a number of security forces in plain clothes entered Sharif University of Technology in Tehran and attacked students. In addition to beating some of them, they also arrested several students. According to reports, especially those published by the Islamic Association of Sharif University on their Telegram channel, security […]...

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December 22, 2022

Security’s encounter with students during nationwide protests; “Legal arrest” or “arbitrary detention”? / Moein Khazaei

On October 19th, finally, Yousef Nouri, the Minister of Education of the Islamic Republic, admitted that a number of students have been arrested during the recent nationwide protests in Iran. Although he did not provide an “exact number” of detained students, he stated: “Their number is not high and they are not that many.” According […]...

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Created By: Moein Khazaeli
November 22, 2022

Abolishing the Death Penalty; A Legal Process with Different Experiences / Moein Khazaei

The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to be one of the governments that rigorously carries out the death penalty in its judicial system. The latest statistics show that at least 528 people were executed in Iran during the past year (October 2021 to October 2022) (1). However, this number only includes executions officially announced by […]...

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Created By: Moein Khazaeli
October 23, 2022

The role of physical confrontation in the dominant behavior of the police in Iran / Moein Khazaei

“In the scene of conflict, if he had a spear in his hand, his hand must be broken. If he had a spear in his hand, it would have caused fear and terror, and he would have wielded it, at that moment you must break his leg with a pen.” This is an oral order […]...

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Created By: Moein Khazaeli
September 23, 2022

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, […]...

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Created By: Moein Khazaeli
August 22, 2022

The 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 […]...

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Created By: Moein Khazaeli
July 22, 2022

Air pollution in Iran; why aren’t laws effective? / Mo’in Khazaeli

Unclean air is illegal. As statistics show, air pollution in Iran is one of the main causes of premature deaths, and according to the Ministry of Health’s statistics, nearly 40,000 premature deaths occur annually due to air pollution in Iran. Based on these statistics, in Tehran alone, more than 4,000 citizens lose their lives prematurely […]...

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Created By: Moein Khazaeli
June 22, 2022

Political prisoners’ furlough, a tool used by security institutions for increased pressure/ Moein Khazaei

The last time was in April of this year (1401) when dozens of political prisoners and their families, along with a number of lawyers and human rights activists, for the umpteenth time, wrote a letter to the head of the judiciary and the president in Iran, demanding the independence of the judiciary and “the cessation […]...

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May 21, 2022

A look at the high number of citizens who die in Norooz accidents / Moein Khazaeli

Every hour, two fatalities and twenty-nine injuries; this is the latest statistics on the state of traffic accidents in Iran, announced by Kamal Hadianfar, the head of the Traffic and Driving Police of NAJA (Law Enforcement Force) after the end of the first week of the current month of Farvardin (1401). This statistic means that […]...

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April 21, 2022

Humanitarian assistance or revolutionary support; what is the goal of the Relief Committee in its international activities? / Moayyed Khazaei

In February 2013, Seyyed Hamed Azimi, the Director General of Development of Communications with Iranians and International Organizations of the Relief Committee, officially announced the opening of the committee’s offices in foreign countries. He stated that the purpose of this work is to “carry out charitable and poverty alleviation activities in line with human friendship […]...

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February 20, 2022

A Tragic Tale: Selling Body Parts to Survive/ Moein Khazaee

This is an undeniable fact that poverty not only affects the economic conditions of society, but also has an impact on the social life of citizens. The decrease in purchasing power of citizens leads to changes in their previous social habits, such as allocating expenses for leisure, clothing, suitable food, health and medical care, and […]...

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Created By: Moein Khazaeli
January 21, 2022