Montazeri: Death Sentences in Security Cases Are Being Reviewed Meticulously by the Supreme Court

Stressing the need for careful review of security cases and the death sentences issued in them, the head of the Supreme Court said: Cases in which Revolutionary Courts have issued death sentences are not necessarily upheld by the Supreme Court. Some of these rulings are overturned or sent back to lower courts for correction and retrial.

The President of the Supreme Court stressed the necessity of careful handling of security cases and death sentences issued in these cases, and said: the cases that led to the issuance of death sentences in the Revolutionary Courts are not necessarily confirmed in the Supreme Court and some of these sentences are violated or sent back to the lower courts to fix the defects and re-examine them.