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NCRI –\u00a0Pointing to the political prisoners\u2019 hunger strike, Iranian regime\u2019s head of judiciary described reporting and highlighting such issues as a \u2018criminal act\u2019 and called on regime\u2019s judicial authorities not be influenced by what he called \u2018the media created climate\u2019.<\/p>\n
The state-run Mizan news agency, linked to regime\u2019s judiciary, reported on January 17 that Mohammad-Javad Amoli Larijani, head of regime\u2019s judiciary, has told in a meeting with supreme judicial authorities that \u201cwe should not give any chances to those who think they can enact their intentions by applying media pressure. Sometimes they assume that by creating an extensive media coverage regarding a prisoner\u2019s hunger strike or similar issues, they can affect the judicial process or enforcement of judicial decisions, whereas such moves have no legal status and will not affect the judicial process, either.\u201d<\/p>\n
Regime\u2019s head of judiciary claimed that \u201cthe holders of power and foreign countries are seeking to obstruct the judicial process and enforcement of judicial decisions by taking advantage of media, organizations and institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Regardless of regime\u2019s terrible human rights record on the world stage, Larijani added that \u201cI\u2019m addressing all respected judicial authorities that if following such pressures you take the smallest step backward, they will conclude that they can force the judiciary to retreat by such media pressures, which will definitely encourage them to carry out more attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n
It should be pointed out that the hunger strike by a lot of political prisoners has come to public attention both inside and outside Iran.<\/p>\n
Institutions such as Amnesty International as well as UN Human Rights Council have issued statements demanding an investigation into the situation of prisoners on hunger strike in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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