Special cases

The Execution of Minors - Part 2

As part of our special series, “A Case in the Judiciary,” attorney and human rights activist Mohammad Mostafie discusses, in the second of a two-part article, the execution of minors. The moral aspect of a criminal act is crucial...

Execution of Minors - Part 1

As part of our special series, “A Case in the Judiciary,” attorney and human rights activist Mohammad Mostafie discusses, in parts one and two of this article, the controversial subject of executing minors. Some of the crimes that are...

The situation of Gonabadi Dervish community

As part of our special series focusing on the systematic violation of human rights in Iran, Gholam-Reza Harsini, an attorney for the Gonabadi Dervish* community, discusses the destruction of their house of worship in Isfahan. The razing of the Gonabadi...

Iran's Case Against transsexual

transsexual face many problems in Iran. Once they become aware of their nature, they develop a profound sense of having the wrong sexuality, of having been born in the wrong body. Their families and society expect them to accept roles...

A false confession: A woman says she committed adultery to save her husband and brother

As part of our special series, “Before the Iranian Judiciary,” Mohammad Mostafaie, an attorney and a human rights activist, discusses one of his cases—that of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning. Stoning is one of the most...

My Story: To not be a Muslim is the only thing I wanted

As part of our special series, “My Story: Recounting Human Rights Violations in Iran,” Shahram talks about the pressures he was subjected to for converting to Christianity. Shahram is an Iranian citizen who had to flee the country after changing...