History
During the early years of the Iranian revolution, the Special Courts for the Clergy (SCC) were established to deal with criminal acts committed by members of the clergy. In 1987, the courts were revived by decree of Ayatollah Khomeini in order to try an outspoken critic of the Iran-Contra Affair, Mehdi Hashemi. Faced with disapproval of the unconstitutionality of the SCC, Khomeini in a letter to the Majles of Iran recommended that the special courts start operating within constitutional parameters after the end of the Iran-Iraq war.
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