Iranian Legal Medicine Organization

The Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO) is a program under Iran's Judicial Branch.[1] It is based in Tehran.[2] In addition to publishing data about medical conditions and fatalities in the country,[3][4] and releasing reports on injuries and fatalities due to natural disasters,[5][6] it also offers services like coroners and virginity tests.

History

1922, the first Office of Legal Medicine, in the Ministry of Justice, was established. Until 1942 forensics were done in private doctors offices.

In 2022 ILMO released a statement in which they claimed that Mahsa Amini's death was due to medication she had been taking, rather than due to police violence.[7]

Deputies
  • Management development and support

This deputy is in charge of planning and policy making for administrative affairs, budgeting, informatics, construction etc.

Divisions:

  • Comptroller and financial affairs

Human resources Support

  • Office of Information Technology and administrative reform

Medical and Laboratory *Investigations This deputy is in charge of planning for, direction of, and supervision over its divisions’ activities which include:

Specialized medical commissions Clinical forensic examinations Laboratories

  • Autopsy and crime scene investigation (CSI)
  • Medical documents

Education and research This deputy is in charge of educational and research activities of LMO which include:

  • Developing various curriculums for training courses in forensic medical examination, autopsy and laboratory investigations, etc., for employees and experts in different divisions of the organization;
  • CME (continuous medical education) programs for physicians;
  • educational programs for residents of forensic medicine, occupational medicine, and psychiatry as well as medical students, students of obstetrics, nursing, law and police academy;
  • General directorate of the chief of LMO

This directorate has 5 subsidiary offices including:

    • Iranian Genetic Data Bank

Nationally receiving and gathering human samples for genetic profiling and matching and verification.

    • Crisis management office

(natural and man-made disasters)


    • Tissue Processing Unit

Publications

ILMO owns the Iranian Journal of Forensic Medicine.[8]

References
  1. "Medical jurisprudence meeting to be held in Tehran". Islamic Republic News Agency. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. "Iranian Legal Medicine Organization | GHDx". ghdx.healthdata.org. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  3. "Work-Related Fatalities Increases in Iran". Zamaneh Media. 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  4. "Iranian Road Death Fatalities Continue Upward Trajectory". Financial Tribune. 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  5. "Iran quake death toll mounts to 483, over 12,000 injured". ReliefWeb. 2017-11-27. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  6. "Iran urges oil firms to assist flood relief as IFRC boosts aid". Reuters. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  7. "Mahsa Amini's Death Unrelated to Blow to Head, Vital Organs, Autopsy Reveals". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  8. "Iranian Journal of Forensic Medicine". sjfm.ir. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
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