Islamic Revolutionary Courts

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A charge that was widely applied against defendants but unfamiliar to some was Mofsed-e-filarz, or “spreading corruption on earth”. Defendants could be found guilty on the basis of “popular repute.” The concept of defense attorney was dismissed as a “Western absurdity.”

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