Revolutionary Courts: 40 Years of Unfair Trials and Arbitrary Executions

By early November, 550 people - mostly military and SAVAK - had been sent to the firing squads by revolutionary tribunals.Revolutionary Tribunals were set up in the major towns, with two courts in the capital of Tehran - one each in the prisons of Qasr and Evin, and one traveling tribunal for Sadegh Khalkhali, who was known for handing out many death sentences. The courts presiding judges were clerics appointed by Khomeini himself.