Public and Revolutionary Courts
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Public and Revolutionary Courts are Iran’s primary trial courts responsible for handling general civil and criminal cases as well as politically sensitive and national security-related offenses under the country’s Islamic legal framework.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court system
ⓘ
trial court ⓘ |
| appliesLaw |
Code of Criminal Procedure of Iran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iranian Civil Code NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Penal Code of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesPrinciple |
Islamic hudud and qisas provisions
ⓘ
Sharia-based evidentiary rules ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Public Courts of Iran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Revolutionary Courts of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canImpose |
corporal punishment
ⓘ
death penalty ⓘ long-term imprisonment ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | international human rights organizations ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
lack of fair trial guarantees
ⓘ
limited access to legal counsel ⓘ use of coerced confessions ⓘ |
| establishedUnder | post-1979 Iranian legal reforms ⓘ |
| handlesAppealsTo | Courts of Appeal of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
Public Courts
ⓘ
Revolutionary Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hearsCasesInvolving |
human rights defenders
ⓘ
journalists ⓘ political activists ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
civil cases
ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ national security offenses ⓘ political offenses ⓘ press offenses ⓘ religious offenses ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | Persian ⓘ |
| legalBasisIncludes |
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ordinary legislation passed by the Islamic Consultative Assembly ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
Iranian legal system
ⓘ
Islamic law ⓘ |
| location |
Tehran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
all provinces of Iran ⓘ |
| overseenBy | Head of the Judiciary of Iran ⓘ |
| partOf | Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proceduralFramework | Iranian Code of Criminal Procedure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInSystem | primary courts of first instance in Iran ⓘ |
| subjectTo | oversight by the judiciary’s administrative bodies ⓘ |
| subjectToReviewBy | Supreme Court of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfCases |
commercial disputes
ⓘ
family law disputes ⓘ offenses against the state ⓘ property disputes ⓘ security-related crimes ⓘ |
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