NCRI – The lives of at least 32 prisoners on death row who have been subjected to beatings and torture in a Tehran prison are in danger and there is fear of their execution.
The prisoners have been transferred to Tehran-e Bozorg (Laerger Tehran) Prison in the Hassan Abad district of the capital city from the Section 2 of Ghezel Hessar prison in the city of Karaj during the past few days.
The prisoners are among those who been involved in a recent hunger strike in protest against a wave of group hangings in Ghezel Hessar prison.
In order to further terrorize the prisoners, henchmen Rajabazaded and Norouzi severely tortured and battered the newly arrived prisoners at Tehran-e Bozorg Prison.
Mr Javad Jahani, a 25-year-old student, was cruelly flogged and injured. Jahani has been arbitrarily detained along with his brother, Abedin, over four years ago.
The Iranian Resistance calls on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and all human rights defending bodies to adopt immediate and effective measures to save the lives of these prisoners and to prevent their harassment, torture and execution.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
January 3, 2015