Dr Alireza Jamshidi (or Ali-Reza Jamshidi) is an official spokesman for
Iran's judiciary, headed by
Mahmoud Shahroudi. In that capacity, he holds regular news conferences.[1][2] As he has little other public presence, his name is associated mainly with stories he has promulgated:
Imprisonment of members of the
Baháʼí Faith because of their religion[1][3]
Prosecution of doctors carrying out HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs, apparently because of links with the United States[4]
Executions of juvenile offenders such as that of Mohammad Hassanzadeh for a crime committed at the age of fourteen years.[5]
Denial of punishments such as
stoning, which he claimed were falsely attributed to Iran by Western media[6]
Capital punishment for “insulting religious sanctities and laws, and homosexuality.”[7]