In the first half of Tir month 1403, in the aftermath of the helicopter crash of Ebrahim Raisi and preparations for the election of the 14th government of the Islamic Republic, the head of the judiciary announced a set of guidelines that, if discussed in a different context, could have sparked many debates and opinions. […]...

If we sit down to read the accounts of political prisoners in the prisons of the Islamic Republic in the 1960s, it is impossible not to hear about the policy of repentance during this time; a process in which political prisoners were forced to repent by interrogators and prison officials, and despite their shame and […]...

Domestic news agencies have reported the announcement of the “Repentance Verification” guidelines by the head of the judiciary. Although the reason for this announcement is stated as the legitimate and legal establishment of repentance in judicial institutions and its significant role in reforming and educating criminals and preventing the repetition of crimes, it can potentially […]...

About 300 years ago, Francois Voltaire, one of the famous philosophers of the Enlightenment era, believed: “There must be a distinction between sin and crime.” Just looking at articles 114 to 119 of the Islamic Penal Code, which was passed in 2013, and the guidelines for repentance that were recently announced by the head of […]...

The code of conduct defines repentance as a psychological state of attention and return to God after committing a crime, the consequence of which is remorse, correction, and abandonment of behavior, as well as attempting to make amends for the damage caused. These definitions do not have a specific legal burden. Repentance can be about […]...

Ideological governments always try to control all aspects of governance under their own ideological and belief principles in order to survive. The criminal system and judicial system are not exempt from this matter. In fact, it can be said that the ideology of governments not only determines criminal laws and their enforcement, but also has […]...

Recently, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the head of the judicial power of the Islamic Republic, announced the implementation of guidelines titled “Qualification of Repentance” to judicial authorities in order to prevent repeated crimes and reform and educate criminals. According to this manual, “repentance is a psychological state that involves attention and return of a person to […]...

Nowruz 1403 has arrived and people are so overwhelmed with the struggles of daily life that they no longer have much enthusiasm for celebration and joy. Inflation has put a heavy burden on them and taken away their ability to breathe. Unemployment is rampant. If you just spend a few minutes scrolling through Instagram, you […]...

On the eve of the February 1979 revolution, the construction of a prison on the outskirts of the capital was completed. This prison was ready for operation and launch in Mehr month of 1361 (2). Four decades later, Hamid Sefat, a famous rapper and singer, after the end of his imprisonment and release, released a […]...

Transfer in prison is considered one of the most distressing experiences for an inmate, and the longer an inmate stays in a prison, the more distressing the transfer becomes – regardless of the destination. In fact, it can be even more distressing than one of the systematic abuses that are planned for prisoners, such as […]...

“Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the head of the judiciary, recently mentioned in a meeting of the administrative council of Alborz province that the judiciary and specifically the prison organization suffer greatly from overcrowding in prisons. With the high density in prisons, it is no longer possible to carry out effective cultural activities to socialize prisoners. However, […]...

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 […]...