Sadeq Larijani
| Sadeq Larijani | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of Iran | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 30 June 2009 |
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| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Mahmoud Shahroudi |
| Member of Assembly of Experts | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 15 December 1998 |
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| Constituency | Mazandaran Amol |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 March 1960 Najaf, Iraq |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Combatant Clergy Association |
| Religion | Twelver Shi'a Islam |
Ayatollah Sadegh [Sadeq] Ardeshir Amoli Larijani (Persian: صادق اردشیر آملی لاریجانی; born 12 March 1960, Najaf, Iraq) is an Iranian cleric, politician and current head of the judicial system of Iran.
Larijani served as one of the 12 members of the Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran for eight years.[1] Described as "relatively junior"[1] or "inexperienced cleric" with "close ties to Iran's military and intelligence agencies",[2] he was appointed head of the judicial system of Iran by supreme leader Ali Khamenei on August 15, 2009.[3] Larijani condemned protesters and those who expressed doubts in the 2009 presidential election results, calling the protests "illegal" and any doubts "baseless".[4]
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[edit] life and family
He is the son of Ayatollah Hashem Amoli and the brother of Ali Larijani, the speaker of the Iranian parliament.
He is fluent in Persian, Arabic, and English.
[edit] Scholarship
According to leading Iranian human rights defense lawyer[5] Mohammad Seifzadeh, the head of the Judicial System of Iran is required to be a Mojtahed with significant experience in the field. Larijani, however, was neither an experienced jurist nor a highly ranked cleric and carried the title of "Hojjat-ol Eslam" up to a few months before his appointment to the post.[6]
[edit] Views
Sadegh Larijani has stated that the government does not derive its legitimacy from the votes of the nation.[7]
He is a well-known critic of ex-president Mohammad Khatami and his reforms. In March 1998 an article by him attacking Khatami's call for a civil Islamic society and Abdolkarim Soroush's philosophy was published in Sobh newspaper.[8]
Larijani proclaimed:
"We support a society which is based on the spirit of Islam and religious faith, in which Islamic and religious values are propagated, in which every Koranic injunction and the teachings of the Prophet of Islam and the Imams are implemented. It will be a society in which the feeling of servitude to God Almighty will be manifest everywhere, and in which people will not demand their rights from God but are conscious of their obligations to God." [9]
He also criticizes the views of people — such as Abdolkarim Soroush — who say that while there is a society, or civilization, of Muslims, there is no such thing as an Islamic society or civilization, and that Islam is a spiritual and individual way of life, not an ideology.[10]
[edit] Judiciary System
- Shortly after his appointment, he appointed Saeed Mortazavi to the post of deputy prosecutor general of Iran. Mortazavi was prosecutor general of Tehran for more than seven years during which he was involved in murdering and torturing a number of Iranian civilians and activists. One of the high-profile deaths attributed to Mortazavi is that of Canadian-Iranian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi.
- On 7 September 2009 Iranian police with permission from Judiciary system and Tehran General Court entered the office for support of political prisoners and seized all the documents, computers among others. The police refused to give a receipt of the items. The office was organized by Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi for supporting the victims of torture in Iranian prisons.[11]
- On September 8, 2009, Iranian Judiciary, unexpectedly closed and sealed the office of National Confidence Party and arrested Morteza Alviri and Alireza Beheshti and several of the closest allies of opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi.[12][13]
- That same month, the authorities from the Judiciary System began targeting the children of leaders of the opposition groups. For instance, Atefeh Emam, the daughter of jailed activist Javad Emam, the Chief of Staff of Mousavi's campaign, was arrested on 9 September 2009, held in a secret facility and tortured to pressure her to make a "confession" implicating her father. The Judiciary released her after twenty-four hours in the South of Tehran in an inappropriate condition.[14]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Will Iran's 'Kennedys' Challenge Ahmadinejad? By Robin Wright. August 17, 2009
- ^ Militarization of the Iranian Judiciary By Mehdi Khalaji, August 13, 2009
- ^ Sadeq Larijani to replace Shahroudi as judiciary chief: sources
- ^ farsnews.com (farsi)
- ^ 28 July 2009, Alert. Authorities continue to arrest human rights lawyers
- ^ صادق لاریجانی از نجف تا قوه قضاییه – بخش دوم
- ^ Iran Briefing, September 2006
- ^ Sobh newspaper, No 80, Farvardin 1377 (March 1998), p 44.
- ^ Islam and Human Rights, Farhang Jahanpour Journal of Globalization for the Common Good
- ^ Islam and Human Rights, Farhang Jahanpour
- ^ ایران | 07.09.2009 حمله به دفتر کمیته پیگیری بازداشتشدگان ستاد موسوی
- ^ دفتر کروبی و دفتر حزب اعتماد ملی مهر و موم شد
- ^ علیرضا بهشتى، مشاور مير حسين موسوى بازداشت شد
- ^ Unforgivable Crimes in Iran: The Under-Reporting of Deaths September 7, 2009
| Legal offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
Head of judiciary of Islamic Republic of Iran 2009-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Order of precedence | ||
| Preceded by Ali Larijani as Speaker of the Parliament of Iran |
order of precedence of Iran as Chief Justice of Iran |
Succeeded by Ahmad Janati as Secretary of the Guardian Council of Iran |
