A look at Amnesty International’s Architects of Atrocities report on Iran’s 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, its examination of command structures and its call to investigate 87 officials.
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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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Why abolishing the death penalty does not mean abandoning accountability Whenever I argue against the death penalty, one question returns: what should happen to someone who commits murder? It deserves a serious answer. Behind it are bereaved families, fears about public safety, and the understandable demand that a terrible crime should have consequences. My answer begins with a distinction: opposing …
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