04.2005 - Source: UK Home Office

Court documentation ("Country Report - April 2005") [#31980],  [ID 8467]

"[...]5.27 Both a Danish fact finding mission report of September 2000 and a Belgian mission report of 2002 noted that in the case of court summonses an attempt was always made to deliver a summons to appear before a court to the addressee in person. If the person concerned was not there, however, the summons might be delivered to a family member. If there was nobody present who could accept the summons, it was taken back to the court, where the judge decided whether an attempt should be made to arrest the person concerned. Such a decision depended on the nature of the case. However, a person might not be arrested without a written order from a judge. [41a](pg22) [43](pg17)
5.28 The Danish report went on to record that Public Courts have the power to issue arrest warrants in all types of cases unless the case in question falls under the jurisdiction of the Revolutionary Court. The report noted that the process was as follows: arrest warrant is sent by the Public Court to the relevant police station, which is responsible for arresting the person concerned. The arrest warrant is shown to the person under arrest but not served. It is subsequently returned to the issuing court. Forms used for issuing arrest warrants are printed at a special government printing house. The form is completed by hand and contains the following information about the person under arrest:
• First name and surname • Address • Occupation • Father's name • ID-card number
Once it has been completed, the form is stamped and signed by the court. Only one arrestee can be covered by the form. The reason for the issuing of the arrest warrant is not normally stated. [41a](pg23)
5.29 On the question of authenticity of documentation on 04 December 2000 it was reported by the Embassy in Tehran that, "Outside every court in Iran any number of freelance typists can be found who produce all sorts of legal and bureaucratic documents at very low cost. …. . Security features are most unlikely on any Iranian official documents and with the exception of Passports, BC's and military documents there is little uniformity." [26g] [...]"

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21.11.2003 - Source: Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe

Written statement on features of documents issued by courts in Iran (German) ("Gerichtliche Dokumente aus dem Iran ") [#17824],  [ID 8468]

"Es ist bekannt geworden, dass viele der offiziellen Dokumente des iranischen Gerichtssystems keine signifikanten Sicherheitsmerkmale wie offizielle Unterschriften, offizielle Stempel, Wasserzeichen, Hologramme oder Stichcodes nach europäischen Standards tragen. Dies wurde von der Einwanderungsbehörde in einem offiziellen Verfahren anerkannt, welches im September 2000 beim Berufungsgericht der USA hinterlegt wurde:

“A clear statement of legitimate reasons for rejecting documents is especially important in a case like this, where the reasons for the Laboratory's inability to authenticate the documents may be applied to a broad range of authentic documents from any country. Indeed, many official documents from our own court system could not pass the Laboratory's test of bearing "significant security features," since they do not always bear authentication signatures, official seals, watermarks, or the more technically sophisticated security features like holograms or bar codes.”

Aus einer Stellungnahme des Auswärtigen Amtes (AA) der Bundesrepublik Deutschland geht klar hervor, dass es im Iran Schreiben zur Vorladung von Privatpersonen vor das Revolutionsgericht gibt. Wenn dass BFF behauptet, dass Vorladungen als Original nicht Privatpersonen ausgehändigt werden, dann kann es sich unter Umständen um eine Verwendung von Informationen aus diesem Schreiben handeln: Ein vom AA geprüftes Schreiben erwies sich als ein rein behördliches Schreiben an eine Polizeidienststelle, welches somit nicht für eine Privatperson gedacht war. Dies bedeutet aber nicht, dass Schreiben zur Vorladung vor das Revolutionsgericht nicht auch an Privatpersonen im Original vergeben werden.

Folgende Institutionen können Prüfungen von Dokumenten aus dem Iran vornehmen oder Hinweise diesbezüglich geben:

· Deutsches Orientinstitut, Neuer Jungfernstieg 21- 20354 Hamburg, E-Mail: doi@doi.duei.de, Webseite: www.duei.de/doi/show.php
· Europäisches Zentrum für kurdische Studien (Gebühr von 25 EURO), E-mail: mail@kurdologie.de, Webseite: www.kurdologie.de"

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