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 Role of the State in Controlling Violence/ Sina Yousefi

Public trust in the judiciary is one of the fundamental indicators of achieving justice, and its absence paves the way for the emergence of personal justice-seeking. Personal justice-seeking is a behavior in which individuals, instead of referring to legal authorities, take matters into their own hands to obtain rights and punish violators. Such an approach […]...

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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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