10 other inmates died under torture
Eighteen women died of inhuman conditions in Kahrizak medieval prison, southern suburbs of Tehran.
The 18 inmates were locked in a metal mobile container during the scorching summer heat in August since there was no women ward in Kahrizak prison.
They died of dehydration and respiration problems and prison authorities paid no attention to their problems. Other prisoners found out about the tragedy by the odor of decomposing corpses spread in the prison complex. The regime made no attempt to transfer the corpses and left them in the metal cells to create more fear among other prisoners. The prison authorities tried to cover up their crime by claiming that the prisoners died of heart failure or committed suicide.
According to eye witnesses, in October 2007, ten other prisoners died under torture in this prison. During that period 80 children who were staying with their mothers in the same prison were kept in inhumane conditions in a warehouse.
These crimes are committed under the supervision of Revolutionary Guard Mohammad Reza Radan, Commander of the State Security Forces. He regularly visits this prison and praises the henchmen for their suppressive crimes.
Kahrizak prisoners are mostly victims of raids in the streets or are picked up by the mullahs' police patrols. These arrests are not subject to any judicial process and none of the detainees are handed over to judicial authorities for investigations while they experience months of detention and torture. During their detention they have been denied of minimum due process of law.
The Iranian Resistance draws the attention of human rights organizations in particular the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the tragic situation in Iran and calls for condemnation of these crimes. It also calls for referral of the regime’s human rights dossier to the UN Security Council for adoption of urgent and binding measures.
Secretariat of the National Council of Iranian Resistance
December 13, 2008