Alireza Jamshidi
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Dr Alireza Jamshidi is an official spokesman for Iran's judiciary
, headed by Mahmoud Shahroudi
. In that capacity he holds regular news conferences.
As he has little other public presence, his name is associated mainly with stories he has promulgated:
Judicial system of Iran
A nationwide judicial system in Iran was first implemented and established by Abdolhossein Teymourtash under Reza Shah, with further changes during the second Pahlavi era....
, headed by Mahmoud Shahroudi
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi is a moderate Iraqi-Iranian politician and Twelver Shi'a Marja. Hashemi Shahroudi was the leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, which has caused objections to his serving as the head of Iran's Judiciary System upon his...
. In that capacity he holds regular news conferences.
As he has little other public presence, his name is associated mainly with stories he has promulgated:
- Imprisonment of members of the Bahá'í FaithBahá'í FaithThe Bahá'í Faith is a monotheistic religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind. There are an estimated five to six million Bahá'ís around the world in more than 200 countries and territories....
because of their religion
- Prosecution of doctors carrying out HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs, apparently because of links with the United States
- Executions of juvenile offenders such as that of Mohammad Hassanzadeh for a crime committed at the age of fourteen years.
- Implementation of barbaric punishments such as stoningStoningStoning, or lapidation, is a form of capital punishment whereby a group throws stones at a person until the person dies. No individual among the group can be identified as the one who kills the subject, yet everyone involved plainly bears some degree of moral culpability. This is in contrast to the...
to death
- Capital punishment for “insulting religious sanctities and laws, and homosexuality.”
