New Iran Human Rights Report : Codifying Repression

Muftah Editors | 30 Aug 2012

(Image: REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi) On August 28, 2012, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Iran’s Islamic Penal Code, Codifying Repression. The Islamic Republic’s Guardian Council approved an amended version of the code in January of this year.  Still yet to be formalized by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the penal code is problematic because...