NCRI – On Sunday, January 4, 2009, in a barbaric move, the mullahs’ regime hanged four people in Bandar Abbas (south) prison, and in accordance with the sentencing of a criminal Sharia judge, the regime also amputated a prisoner’s hand and leg using a guillotine.
The French news agency, AFP, also reported on the hanging of two prisoners on Saturday, January 3, in Zahedan (southeastern Iran). On Tuesday, December 30, a prisoner in Arak (central Iran) was led to the gallows (state-run Fars news agency, December 30, 2009).
Meanwhile, obtained reports from Dastgerd prison in Isfahan, which is one of the most notorious torture chambers of the mullahs’ regime, indicate that in the past week alone, three prisoners have suspiciously lost their lives due to pressures and brutal torture against prisoners.
One of the victims, identified as Janali Moradi Gharib Vand, son of Hossein-gholi, was a 24 year old man, who had been incarcerated since 5 years ago in Ward 3 of Isfahan’s Dastgerd prison. Another victim, identified as Ali Torki, son of Shokrollah, was a 35 year old who had been imprisoned since four years ago in the so-called “Behavioral Counseling” Ward of the prison. Obtained reports also point to the suspicious death of Hossein Shirazi, 46, after tolerating 14 years of incarceration in the same prison.
The Iranian Resistance calls on all international human rights organizations and authorities, especially the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, to condemn the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. The Iranian Resistance stresses on referring the dossier of Iran’s human rights abuses and regrettable prisons conditions to the UN Security Council for the adoption of binding measures. This has become more urgent than ever before.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
January 7, 2009