Malek Ajdar Sharifi

Malek Ajdar Sharifi, as the Head of Judicial Administration of East Azerbaijan Province, is responsible for holding trials and issuing large death sentences in East Azerbaijan Province. for instance, on December 10, 2012, Sharifi announced the execution of four young men in Tabriz Central Prison. According to the Iran Human Rights Organization, East Azerbaijan province has been among the ten provinces with the highest rate of public executions in 2012.

2012 Annual Report: Harsh Crackdowns on Freedom of Expression, Iran Human Rights, 2013

https://iranhr.net/media/files/Rapport_2014_BDEF02.pdf

Execution of four prisoners in Tabriz, Mehr News Agency, 2012

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Malik Ajdar Sharifi, as the Head of Judicial Administration of East Azerbaijan Province, was responsible for holding the trial and issuing a stoning sentence for Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani.

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was sentenced in 2006 to ninety-nine lashes for participating in the murder of her husband and having an illicit relationship, according to a ruling issued by Branch 101 of the Criminal Court of Osko (East Azerbaijan). Four months later, the Tabriz Criminal Court sentenced Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani to stoning for adultery. The verdict was issued while Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani had denied her charge in the last hearing, and the court sentenced her to death by relying on "Judge’s Knowledge”.

In November 2010, Sharifi said about Sakineh Mohammadi's sentence: "Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's stoning sentence is binding if it is finally approved. The ugliness of adultery has spread all over the world, and Ashtiani has been sentenced to stoning for adultery.

In December 2011, the ISNA news agency reported, quoting Sharifi, that "since there are no executive facilities for stoning, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani may be executed by hanging."

The case of Sakineh Ashtiani in the round trip between security and judicial institutions, Radio Farda, December 29, 2011

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Latest news about Sakineh Ashtiani, Jahan News, November 2010

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Iran: Sakineh Ashtiani sentenced to death by stoning and her televised confessions are a mockery of justice, Human Rights Watch, August 2010

https://www.hrw.org/fa/news/2010/08/13/240391

Sharifi, as the Head of Judicial Administration of East Azerbaijan Province, announced on July 18, 2012 that women with inappropriate hijab and unusual makeup would be barred from entering the province's judicial buildings. "Those who do not understand the sanctity of the judiciary and try to pollute this place due to non-observance of hijab will not be allowed to enter," he said.

Head of Judicial Administration of East Azerbaijan: Women with inappropriate hijab in East Azerbaijan will be barred from entering the judicial buildings, Fars News Agency, July 19, 2012

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