Iranian hard-line governing body bans torture

[Judi Lynn]

Iranian hard-line governing body bans torture

AP-ES-05-09-04 1339EDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's hard-line ruling Guardian Council has passed a law banning the use of torture, effective immediately, a judiciary official said Sunday.

The council, which rejected at least three similar proposals in the past, approved the law's Thursday -- one day after Iran's judiciary chief ordered it, said Nasser Hosseini, a judiciary official.

"For courts, it's obligatory to implement the law after it is approved by the Guardian Council,'' he said.

Human rights groups have long complained about the use of torture against detainees, including intellectuals and political activists.
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[SemperEadem]

1. how will they address abuse rectroactively?

what about those people who've been held for months and years?

[dArKeR]

2. Iran's hardline Guardian Council bans use of torture

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/05/10/2003154892

[ze_dscherman]

3. Congratulations to the Iranian people

If this gets implemented, it will be a HUGE success on the way to a democratisation of Iran. Of course, there is still a long way to go, and it will only happen if the U.S. does not interfere with sanctions and military interventions.