Iranian lawyer Saeid Dehghan
Taking on human rights cases in Iran is like walking in a minefield without a map. As in The Stream and the Stone , a Persian story that’s taught to schoolchildren, lawyers must learn how to find their way between rocks and stones, yet every year there is less water in the stream and the rocks are bigger and sharper.
To understand these obstacles, I will describe here briefly some of the common daily occurrences in the life of an Iranian human rights lawyer.
1: A worried, desperate relative of a detainee arrested for political reasons contacts me and requests a meeting outside my office. The client is afraid of being caught talking to a lawyer. My professor and mentor taught me that all meetings must take place in the office but I know I have no choice but to agree to her request, as I have in similar cases.
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By Rana Rahimpour
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Recent rumours about the health of Iran s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have thrown the spotlight on what will happen if he becomes too ill to rule, or dies.
The 81-year-old is the highest political authority in one of the most powerful countries in the Middle East, and who will succeed him matters greatly to Iran, the region and the rest of the world.
How is the Supreme Leader chosen?
The holder of the post (Ayatollah Khamenei is only the second since Iran s Islamic Revolution in 1979) is picked by a body of 88 clerics known as the Assembly of Experts.
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