Ka kammala wannan magana: Aƙalla a farko, kotunan juyin juya hali sun bambanta da kotunan shari'a na Yammacin Turai ta wajen ƙuntata shari'o'i zuwa 'yan sa'o'i, a wasu lokatai 'yan mintoci. Za a iya samun wanda ake tuhuma da laifi bisa ga'sanannun mutane.' An yi watsi da ra'ayin lauya mai karewa a matsayin 'rashin hankali na Yammacin Turai.' Wani zargi da aka yi amfani da shi sosai a kan waɗanda ake tuhuma amma ba a san wasu ba shi ne'shuka ɓarna a duniya' (mofsed-e-filarz). Wannan ya rufe laifuka daban-daban - "'ɓata addinin Islama da limamai,' 'tsayayya da juyin juya halin Islama,' 'goyon bayan Pahlavis,' da 'lalata 'yancin Iran' ta hanyar taimaka wa' yan
1953 juyin mulki da kuma ba da gata ga ikon mulkin mallaka. " Tsakanin 1979-1989, Kotunan juyin juya halin sun ba da umarnin kashe akalla 'yan siyasa 10,000, na kungiyoyin adawa na adawa da juyin juya hali, kuma sun yanke wa wasu hukuncin kisa saboda laifuka irin su fataucin miyagun ƙwayoyi, zina, lalata, satar mutane, "rikicewar jama'a", da "ta'addanci". Yana da wuya a san ainihin adadin fursunonin siyasa da aka kashe, saboda sau da yawa daga cikin waɗanda aka kashe saboda laifukan siyasa an kuma zarge su da "cinikin miyagun ƙwayoyi" ko "lalata".