
Hossein Shariatmadari
- Social Affairs Deputy of Ministry of Intelligence (1989 - 1993)
- Human Rights Violation: Torture and ill-treatment of political prisoners (1989-1993 ) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Intelligence
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of expression
- Description
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As an interrogator for the Ministry of Intelligence, he was instrumental in suppressing the political dissidents, torturing, and ill-treatment of the political prisoners to obtain forced confessions.
- Sources
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Farhad Behbahani and Habibaullah Davaran, "At Haj Agha's Party: The Story of a Confession"; Omid Farda Publications, Tehran, 2003
- Human Rights Violation: Obtaining forced confession of political dissidents ( 1996) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Intelligence
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a nationality, Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of expression
- Description
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As an interrogator at the Ministry of Intelligence, he played a key role in torturing and ill-treatment of the writers and dissidents to obtain forced confessions. He also had a key role in producing the television program "Hoviyyat" in 1996, which included forced confessions by dissident writers and political activists.
- Sources
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"The death of Ezatullah Sahabi; 'The Hopeful Prisoner Passed Away'", BBC Persian, 2011 https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2011/05/110531_l78_sahabi_behnoud
- Human Rights Violation: Torture and ill-treatment of political prisoners (1989-1993 ) read more
- IRGC Commander (Unknown)
- Editor-in-Chief and director of the Kayhan Daily (21 Dec 1993 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Inciting violence and hatred against Bahai minority ( 21 December 1993-Present ) read more
- Institution
- Kayhan Cultural Institute
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom of religion and belief, Right to non-discrimination
- Description
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As the editor-in-chief of the Kayhan newspaper, he has contributed to the violation of the rights of Bahai religious minorities due to their religious beliefs through the widespread publication of defamatory articles about the Baha'i faith and its followers, with the aim of spreading hatred and inciting violence, and intensifying pressure on this religious minority.
- Sources
“Inciting Hatred Iran’s media campaign to demonize Bahá’ís”, A special report of the Bahá’í International Community, October 2011 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Microsoft-Word-Iran-incitement-0611_for-PDF_final_.pdf
"God-seeking men of Mousavi Turned out to be Baha'i terrorists", Kayhan, December 6, 2009 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/روزنامه-کیهان.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Participation in suppression of political dissidents ( 21 December 1993-Present ) read more
- Institution
- Kayhan Cultural Institute
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom of expression, Right to freedom of religion and belief
- Description
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As the editor-in-chief of Kayhan newspaper, he has played a role in violating the rights of protesters and critics of the government by creating, and developing a discourse of justification of violence and extra-legal actions against critics and opponents of the Islamic Republic.
- Sources
Men of Violence – Perpetrators of the Post-Election Crackdown, Centre for Human Rights in Iran, 1 May 2010 https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/05/men-of-violence/ "Shariatmadari: “ the Ministry of Intelligence receives certain intel from Kayhan", Dunya Eqtesad, July 2017 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ShariatMadari-1.pdf
"The crime of ISIS scums under the cover of Dervishes", Kayhan, March 31, 2017 http://kayhan.ir/fa/news/126685
- Human Rights Violation: Framing and slandering environmental activists ( Feb 2015- present) read more
- Institution
- Kayhan Cultural Institute
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture
- Description
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By slandering environmental activists and accusing them of espionage without providing substantiated evidence and creating grounds for arresting and torturing these activists, he has played a role in violating the rights of these activists.
- Sources
"Animal hunting license or data collection", Kayhan, March 3, 2015 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ShariatMadari-2.pdf
"Human Rights Watch: Allegations of torture of environmental activists should be investigated immediately", Deutsche Welle, 2017 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ShariatMadari-3.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Inciting violence and hatred against Bahai minority ( 21 December 1993-Present ) read more