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In the law, neither political crime nor security crime is defined, but the term “security prisoners” has been used repeatedly, although they have a situation similar to political prisoners. This section of the short peace talks is with Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer, prosecutor and social activist. She received the Human Rights Award from the International […]...

Jamshid Barzegar is a journalist and analyst of Iranian issues at BBC. He is someone who has a fundamental and logical approach and looks at journalism and news with a completely professional eye. We sat down with him to talk about Iranian journalism and asked for his opinions on the state of Persian-language media inside […]...

Political crime, like all other social-legal phenomena, has existed throughout the history of human civilization; “a reality that exists”; this discourse is the clash of human rights with tangible issues. A discourse based on fundamental values outside of legal rules that governmental systems must include in their constitutional and always changeable rules and laws in […]...

The pages of the history of various countries have shown that governments have used multiple mechanisms and diverse strategies to ensure their maximum interests and survival by exerting maximum power within their political borders. A quick review of history from the 18th century onwards reveals that, as Michel Foucault (1) demonstrated in 1968, one of […]...

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One of the topics that is always discussed in the political discourse in Iran is the topic of “political crimes” and related discussions. The question of what constitutes a political crime and why it has gained such importance in the political culture of the 20th century is a lengthy and detailed discussion, but in this […]...

When I entered prison, almost no one knew me. I was a cultural journalist and, well, to be honest, most politicians are not fond of reading. They had plenty of opportunities to read books there, but mostly political and historical ones, and occasionally philosophical ones. Some of them would also flip through poetry and fiction […]...

The book “Perpetual Peace and the Rule of Law” with the subtitle “Dialectics of Similarity and Difference” can be useful for those who are engaged in research in the fields of general and international law, political science, history, philosophy, and international relations. This book, which examines the theoretical foundations of international law and explores the […]...

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