A criminal complaint against Ahmad Vahidi as the Minister of Interior or Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Police Affairs? / A calculated and specialized and legal proposal or another part of a game and fight?

Hojatoleslam Dr. Mohsen Borhani, a respected lawyer and professor at Tehran University, has posted and prepared a message urging citizens whose rights have been violated by actions under the name of fighting mandatory hijab to personally file a criminal complaint against the Minister of Interior with the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Tehran.

However, it is still unclear to me whether he has personally, or on behalf of honorable citizens, officially filed a criminal complaint against Mr. Ahmad Vahidi with Mr. Ali Salehi, the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Tehran, or whether he has merely proposed or recommended it to other citizens on social media.

In either case, it is a commendable and lawful initiative.

Seeking justice in courts and requesting redress from the judiciary is a legitimate right of all citizens, and no one can be prevented from exercising this right according to Article 34 of the Constitution.

Previously, in a note to Mr. Mohammad Hossein Aghasi, a lawyer, regarding the potential final outcome of a complaint against the Chief of FARAJA (Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran), who implements the resolutions of the judiciary and the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, and has repeatedly received approval from the judiciary, I drew attention to that note once again.

However, Dr. Borhani has fortunately taken it a step further by directing the issue towards filing a criminal complaint against the Minister of Interior and the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Law Enforcement Affairs.

In similar cases, I had often suggested in numerous notes addressed to him that it would be ideal if he, as an informed and specialized lawyer and responsible citizen, would initially file a criminal complaint, either personally or on behalf of defenseless and sometimes oppressed citizens, and of course, ensure to inform the public of the final outcome, so the judiciary is put to a tough test and renders a reasoned and documented verdict based on legal articles and principles, both in the prosecutor's office and in any potential court, in accordance with Article 166 of the Constitution.

Now, Abdi Media welcomes the esteemed professor's proposal and is prepared to report the outcome of any potential complaint against Mr. Ahmad Vahidi, whether as the Minister of Interior in the Government Employees Prosecutor's Office or as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief in the Military Prosecutor's Office of Tehran, and subsequent stages, including objections to the non-prosecution order by the investigator in a competent court or even issuing a summons for trial and referral to court, and the subsequent stages.

However, a more important question remains:

If Dr. Borhani truly believes that the decisions and orders issued by the Minister of Interior are solely based on his own discretion and are not supported by higher policies and directives, including those of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, the Supreme National Security Council, and the National Security Council, as well as explicit instructions from the judiciary, both general and specific, and that the Ministry of Interior and FARAJA and equivalent institutions are not executing the will of higher authorities, which is unlikely that they do not know;

Why does he not request the annulment of such directives and decisions from the General Board of the Administrative Justice Court according to Article 177 of the Constitution and first approach this body, and then direct citizens to it?

One might argue that the Ministry of Interior's resolutions are classified, and no document exists to present to the court.

In this case, there is no problem because according to Note 2 of Article 20 of the Administrative Justice Court Law, the court is obligated to accept the petition and must demand certified copies of documents from the Ministry of Interior, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief's Office in FARAJA, or any other relevant authority.

Abdollah Abdi