General Courts
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General Courts are Iran’s primary trial-level courts that handle most civil and criminal cases within the country’s judicial system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| General Courts canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | trial court ⓘ |
| appealsTo | Courts of Appeal of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appealsUltimatelyTo | Supreme Court of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesLaw |
Code of Civil Procedure of Iran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian Civil Code NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Penal Code of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canImpose |
certain Islamic criminal punishments as defined by law
ⓘ
civil remedies ⓘ fines ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ |
| canOrder |
interim measures in civil cases
ⓘ
pre-trial detention in criminal cases ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| excludesJurisdictionOver |
cases assigned to Revolutionary Courts of Iran
ⓘ
certain military offenses ⓘ some specialized commercial or administrative matters ⓘ |
| function |
application of statutory and Islamic law
ⓘ
fact-finding ⓘ |
| handles |
most non-political criminal offenses
ⓘ
most ordinary disputes between private parties ⓘ |
| hasType |
Family Court
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
General Civil Court NERFINISHED ⓘ General Criminal Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Juvenile Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headedBy | judge ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
administrative disputes not reserved to specialized courts
ⓘ
civil cases ⓘ commercial disputes ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ family disputes ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | Persian ⓘ |
| legalBasis | laws enacted by the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Islamic law–influenced civil law system ⓘ |
| level | first instance ⓘ |
| location | throughout provinces of Iran ⓘ |
| mayConduct | both written and oral proceedings ⓘ |
| mustRespect | procedural guarantees set out in Iranian law ⓘ |
| organizedBy | judicial districts ⓘ |
| partOf | Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizes | right to legal representation ⓘ |
| roleInSystem | primary venue for litigation in Iran ⓘ |
| subjectTo | oversight by the Supreme Disciplinary Court for Judges in matters of judicial conduct ⓘ |
| subjectToReviewBy | Prosecutor’s Office in criminal matters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | Head of the Judiciary of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.