English edition of Hamed Zat Ajam’s Persian commentary. Iran has one of the highest execution rates in the world. Yet imposing a death sentence requires legal procedures and safeguards that can, in ordinary circumstances, slow the work of the security apparatus. This essay examines how the choice of charges and court can be used to work around those safeguards. The …
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