The issue focused on political Islam in Iran. More recently, government sources said at least three federal courts have declared national laws illegal for Muslim rights groups to sue government officials or court rulings that criminalize civil liberties.

When military lawyers heard from victims of police killings and torture by law enforcement officers who killed soldiers on the Islamic Republic's coast last year, prosecutors suggested police police should be prosecuted if they gave medical treatment to Muslims while military lawyers refused. The Supreme Court justices agreed with prosecutors' legal arguments.

