Mohammad Nayyeri

Mohammad Nayyeri is an Attorney at Law and a member of the Iranian Bar Association, currently based in London. He holds an LLM, in human rights, from Birkbeck, University of London and a CPE from the University of Westminster. He is the founder and director of Insight Iran.|Mohammad Nayyeri is an Attorney at Law and a member of the Iranian Bar Association, currently based in London. He holds an LLM, in human rights, from Birkbeck, University of London and a CPE from the University of Westminster. He is the founder and director of Insight Iran.

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"You Have the Right to an Attorney that We Approve of”: Right to Counsel under Iran's New Criminal Procedure Code

"You Have the Right to an Attorney that We Approve of”: Right to Counsel under Iran's New Criminal Procedure Code

Under Iran’s new Criminal Procedure Code only lawyers pre-approved by the Head of the Judiciary may intervene during the investigation stage in security related cases. This is a huge blow to the already embattled right to counsel in ...