[ primer ] The 1979 revolution erased six decades of modernization of Iran's judicial system. The theocrats moved swiftly to overhaul the legal system to incorporate Islamic Sharia law. Criminal and ...

Release all individuals currently deprived of their liberty for peacefully exercising their rights to free expression, association, and assembly; Ensure that all persons deprived of their liberty ...

Under Book 5, article 638 of the Islamic Penal Code, women in Iran who do not wear a hijab – a head covering worn in public by Muslim women, may be imprisoned from 10 days to two months, and/or ...