Saeed Haghighatkhah
Saeed Haghighatkhah
سعید حقیقتخواه
Male
No
Alive
22 Jan 2025
- Deputy Head of the Ershad Judicial Complex, Judge of Branch 1099, Secodn Stance Criminal Court, Tehran (Tehran Province) (2022 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Issuing lashing sentences for women not complying with mandatory hijab (2022-2023) read more
- Institution
- Prosecution Offices
- Location
- Tehran (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Women's rights
- Description
- Haghighatkhah is responsible for issuing convictions for women not in observance of the mandatory hijab. In the case of one women protester, he sentenced her to 74 lashes on the charge of: Hurting public modesty (through Inappropriate clothing and communicating with passing cars). The 2022-2023 protests began following the killing of Mahsa (Jina) Amini on September 13, 2022, while in the custody of the Islamic Republic's Moral Security Police. Amidst the protests and afterwards, women have resisted the mandatory hijab in various ways and have suffered widespread repression, including denial of public services, education, arrest, court cases, fines, and imprisonment.
- Sources
- Sentence for Malika Avehii
- Human Rights Violation: Issuing lashing sentences for women not complying with mandatory hijab (2022-2023) read more
These violations may only be part of the human rights violations that this person has been involved in. The investigation into this person's human rights record is ongoing.