Alireza Jamshidi

Dr Alireza Jamshidi (or Ali-Reza Jamshidi) is an official spokesman for Iran's judiciary, headed by Mahmoud Shahroudi. In that capacity he holds regular news conferences.^[1][2] As he has little other public presence, his name is associated mainly with stories he has promulgated:

• Imprisonment of members of the Bahá'í Faith because of their religion^[1][3]

• Prosecution of doctors carrying out HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs, apparently because of links with the United States^[4]

• Executions of juvenile offenders such as that of Mohammad Hassanzadeh for a crime committed at the age of fourteen years.^[5]

• Denial of punishments such as stoning which were falsely attributed to Iran by Western media^[6]

• Capital punishment for “insulting religious sanctities and laws, and homosexuality.”^[7]

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ali-Reza Jamshidi confirms arrest of Baha’i ‘propagandists’". Iran Minority News. 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 
2. ↑ "Iran to hear US reporter appeal". BBC News. 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 
3. ↑ "Iran jails Bahai 'propagandists'". BBC News. 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 
4. ↑ "Acquit HIV/AIDS Doctors Prosecuted in Unfair Trial". International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. 2009-01-13. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 
5. ↑ "IRAN: Appeal to spare the lives of four youths". Child Rights Information Network. 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 
6. ↑ جمشیدی: در کشور سنگسار نداریم
7. ↑ Nazili Fathi (2007-07-11). "Executions Are Under Way in Iran for Adultery and Other Violations". New york Times. Retrieved 2009-07-09. 

External links

• Iran Daily picture of Alireza Jamshidi