غلامحسین محسنی اژه‌ای (@ejei_org)
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رئیس قوه قضاییه جمهوری اسلامی ایران Head of the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Public criticisms
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Defense of protester executions and rights record
Outlets reported that Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei defended protester death sentences after Mohsen Shekari's hanging and again in May 2023; lawyers and UN/Amnesty figures cited in coverage criticized due process and execution rates.
- Mohsen Shekari executed; lawyers dispute moharebeh charge - BBC Persian reported Iran's judiciary carried out the hanging of 23-year-old protester Mohsen Shekari. The spokesman defended the process; lawyers including Nemat Ahmadi and Mohsen Borhani said his acts did not warrant a capital moharebeh sentence. قوه قضائیه ایران از به دار آویختن محسن شکاری دفاع کرد
- Ejei: moharebeh penalty choice rests with the judge - DW Persian reported the judiciary chief, defending protester executions in the Supreme Judicial Council, said Islamic Penal Code articles leave the four moharebeh penalties to the judge and accused critics of political motives. Senior clerics disputing capital use were also quoted. اعتراضات در ایران؛ دفاع محسنی اژه‌ای از اعدام معترضان
- Ejei: those who must be executed will have sentences carried out - BBC Persian and Radio Farda reported Ejei said regarding the 2022 protests that those who by law must be executed have had or will have sentences carried out without hesitation. Coverage cited rights groups' due-process critiques and UN/Amnesty execution tallies. رئیس قوه قضائیه ایران: آنها که باید اعدام شوند، حکمشان اجرا خواهد شد
Chai Dabash scandal and clash with Raisi government
Reports said Ejei publicized the multi-billion-dollar Chai Dabash tea import case and claimed the Raisi government dismissed 60 offenders without referring them to the judiciary, highlighting hardliner splits; later court coverage named scores of defendants.
- Inspection Organization discloses multi-billion tea import scandal - Radio Farda and Iran International reported Inspection chief Zabihollah Khodaian said a group received about $3.37 billion in preferential forex for tea and machinery from 2019-2022 and sold a large share on the free market; some outlets cited a $3.7 billion figure. فساد ۳/۷ میلیارد دلاری؛ اژه‌ای: تخلف گروه دبش از سال ۹۸ شروع شده است
- Ejei: 60 dismissed offenders not referred to judiciary - Radio Farda, VOA Persian and Iran International reported Ejei at Mohaghegh Ardabili University named Chai Dabash, said the government claimed 60 dismissals without judicial referral, called heavy 2021-22 forex allocation improper, and linked the agriculture minister's resignation to the case. محسنی اژه‌ای: دولت رئیسی هیچ مدیر متخلفی را در پرونده فساد واردات چای معرفی نکرده است
- Chai Dabash trial opens; Ejei had cited $3.7 billion - BBC Persian reported hearings began in a 61-defendant case including banking and state officials. The report recalled Ejei's earlier figure of about $3.7 billion and noted ministry-linked defendants in the indictment; some defendants were absent. چای دبش؛ آغاز رسیدگی به یکی از بزرگترین پرونده‌های فساد در ایران در غیاب برخی متهمان