In a November 18 interview with semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Iran’s Police Commander Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam shared unprecedented insights into several different human rights issues that over the past few years have faced the Iranian authorities, and specifically the Iranian police. In response to a question about why, in 2009, post-election protesters […]
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Fathers of Kahrizak victims call for justice
The father of Mohammad Kamrani, one of the detainees killed in Kahrizak Prison, said on the fourth anniversary of his son’s death: “The Kahrizak case has not been closed, and we will certainly appeal the sentence given to Mr. Mortazavi.” The Mehr News Agency reports that on the sidelines of a ceremony commemorating the […]
Kahrizak Trial Ends: Families Await Ruling on Deaths in Prison
The eleventh and final session of the trial for the deaths in Kahrizak Prison of three detainees in 2009 was held on Wednesday, May 22. Though the judge has not yet announced the adjournment of the trial, the lawyers told the press that the defendants had issued their last defense and there would be […]
Kahrizak Plaintiff Withdraws Murder Suit Against Mortazavi; No Witnesses Summoned
The tenth session of the trial of former Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi and two other officials for the deaths in Kahrizak Prison of three detainees in 2009 opened yesterday with the father of one of the victims withdrawing his “participation in murder” suit against Mortazavi. The eleventh and final session of the trial is […]
I Didn’t See A Need to Summon Those Witnesses,” Says the Kahrizak Judge
The eighth trial session of judges implicated in the Kahrizak Detention Center case was held on Monday, May 13 at Branch 76 of Tehran Penal Court under Judge Siamak Modir Khorasani. As in the previous seven sessions, the court session was held behind closed doors. Saeed Mortazavi, the main suspect charged with “participation in […]
Political Payback Or Justice For Tehran’s ‘Butcher Of The Press’?
Years after three young men were tortured to death after being detained for participating in mass protests that followed Iran’s 2009 presidential election, the man held responsible has finally gone on trial. Outside observers of the closed-door trial, however, hold out little hope for justice.
Former Iranian Prosecutor Faces Trial Linked To 2009 Protests
Former Tehran prosecutor Said Mortazavi is set to go on trial in Tehran after being linked to the deaths of protesters arrested in the 2009 postelection crackdown.
Fazel Larijani wants Ahmadinejad, Mortazavi prosecuted
Fazel Larijani has called on the Tehran Prosecutor to lay charges against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saeed Mortazavi, the head of the Social Security Fund, for defamation and slander.
Shirin Ebadi: Iran’s Judiciary Is a Subsidiary of the Intelligence Ministry
Following the arrest of Saeed Mortazavi, Tehran’s former press court judge and prosecutor, Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, “The timing and the manner of arrest of Saeed Mortazavi, a suspect in the Kahrizak Detention Center case and the Zahra Kazemi murder […]
Controversial former prosecutor released after arrest
Saeed Mortazavi, the head of the Social Security Fund who was arrested on Tuesday evening, was released after 24 hours.