Iran's Corruption Courts Handing Out Death Sentences While Trampling on Rights to a Fair Trial
Five Death Sentence Issued in Preliminary Rulings, Two Upheld by Supreme Court A defendant at the financial corruption case court in Tehran November 7, 2018-Special courts set up by Iran's judiciary and approved by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in August 2018 to try individuals accused of economic corruption-and which have already sentenced five individuals to death-are gravely violating the right to due process and the right to a fair trial in Iran. The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) calls on the authorities in Iran to:/ Immediately ...
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