Judiciary has adopted a key reform,
appointing high-profile judge Saeed Mortazavi as the prosecutor
general of public and revolutionary courts in Tehran in order to fend
off criticism that the judge also acted as the prosecutor in trials, IRNA reported.
An informed official at the Judiciary told IRNA Tuesday that the
head of Tehran Justice Department, Abbasali Alizadeh, had appointed
Mortazavi 'following reforms in the law of general and revolutionary
courts and revival of prosecutor offices'.
The new prosecutor general will officially assume office on May
18, the same day when prosecutor offices start functioning.
Saeed Mortazavi, the judge at Bench 1410 of the administrative
court, is well-known for trying journalists on charges of publishing
lies and instigating public opinion.
Since 1993, the post of prosecutor generals in Iranian courts have
remained vacant, with Iranian judges also acting as prosecutors.
The last prosecutor of Tehran public court was Ali Younessi, who
is currently Iran's intelligence minister. Tehran revolutionary court
then was headed by Seyed Ebrahim Raeesi currently head of the State
Inspectorate Organization.
