NCRI – A new report on the torture of mentally retarded children in Tehran has shocked the Iranian society.
On September 7, 2015, the state-run Mehr news agency published statements by some parents whose retarded children were under torture for lengthy periods at a center 50 kilometers from Tehran.
They had trusted their children to this center that specializes in working with retarded patients and is certified for this work.
Mehr News Agency reporter: When we reached this place, a large number of families had gathered there. They had come to present their evidence on the torture of their retarded children.
This reporter saw a child with severe cuts to the stomach. The parents of these 139 retarded children stated that they had often seen bruises on the bodies of their children.
Following this report that defamed Hassan Rouhani’s government, inspectors investigated this center. They found that this center uses “dog therapy” and “chain therapy”; meaning that it uses dogs or chains the patients to the bed to frighten them.
This state news agency reported that the narratives by the families were so distressing that it could not publish some of them.
The horrendous condition of this center is an example of the deterioration of the medical systems under the rule of the mullahs that spend a good portion of the budget on suppression of the society and for spreading their dominance across the Middle East.
This unprecedented report by a state media organization also illustrates the ongoing power struggle between regime’s factions.
Despite this scandal, Rouhani’s government refused to close down this center. Hossein Nahvi-nejad, an official with the health department, said: “This center has been operating for 14 years and much like all other centers has committed some mistakes, but the extent of its wrong doings do not warrant its closure.”
Of the 139 children entrusted to this center, only 125 now remain; others have died in recent years.
