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Human Rights, Offender or Supporter?

Kamangir | June 20, 2006 | Category Iran

People always imagine an oppressive regime as a “bad” guy intentionally denying people’s rights, very much like the bad guy in V for Vendetta. This simple picture always fails to describe real-world systems which include hundreds, if not thousands, of not very identical people having their effects on the pace of events. However, sometimes this simple answer really works.
If you have closely looked at the events happening in recent years in the Iranian political atmosphere, you would have certainly heard the name of Judge Mortazavi (see). At the first sight he is a young man who speaks Persian with a slightly strange accent. However, name any serious political case in the judiciary, he had a rule in it. He was very active in Ganji’s case and he was the judge who ruled banning more than ten newspapers in one night. He is the very man under whose jurisdiction Zahra Kazemi (see) died after she “hit her head to a cement wall”. He also sent many lawyers behind the bars including Soltani, Kazemi family’s lawyer. Many journalists named him as their interrogator. The list goes on and on.
Iran has sent two delegates to the newly-born Human Rights Council. One of them is Tehran’s general Prosecutor Judge Mortazavi.
I really have no comment on the organization which is probably going to accept him.

Reader's Comments

Lady Sun | June 21st, 2006 at 4:30 am
It’s outragous. This is the link to the news in English: http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-22/0606200281002146.htm
ByronB | June 21st, 2006 at 4:40 am
What can you say? The man is a psychopath - how else can you regard someone who condones the beating to death of a woman taking photographs?
Leyli | June 21st, 2006 at 7:20 am
this is “ashke leyli”:
http://www.leyli.blogfa.com/
if you were ever curious about it ;-)
Arash | June 21st, 2006 at 11:03 am
Lady Sun,
Thanks for the link and also referring to my post in your blog.
Arash | June 21st, 2006 at 11:04 am
Byronb,
And I am still thinking about the system in which such a man finds himself at the top of the judiciary.
Arash | June 21st, 2006 at 11:05 am
Leyli,
OK, I got it! You do not share so much in common. :)
ella | June 21st, 2006 at 9:21 pm
Arash

What strikes me are the double standards of some people. There are so many protests, demonstrations about nearly anything, but I haven’t heard about any protest regarding this horrid appointment (well, perhaps it is too early for that). In fact I just went to see if BBC (english edition) has anything about it, but there is nothing.

By the way Iran-Angola 1- 1, :-((
peace | June 22nd, 2006 at 9:37 am
this what Eli Lake had to write, New York Sun is the only American newspaper talking about this:

http://www.nysun.com/article/34875?page_no=1

The infamous Saeed Mortazavi this week led Iran’s delegation in Geneva to the first session of the United Nation’s newly reconfigured human rights panel on Monday, even though Iran is not a member of that panel.
Arash | June 22nd, 2006 at 11:03 am
Ella,
I think it is a bit early. You can see this (see)
as a reaction.
Did you expect Iran to win?
Arash | June 22nd, 2006 at 11:04 am
Peace,
Thanks for the link and thank him/her for the coverage.