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“Torture? We have not even started it yet!” (Updated)

Kamangir | August 19, 2007 | Category Human Rights, Iran, Islamic Republic

Nikahang Kowsar, Rooz [Persian].

Saeed Mortazavi called the parents of the three imprisoned students Mansouri, Ghasaban and Tavakkoli to meet them in his office. The Public Prosecutor of Tehran told the families, “We warned you so many times to not talk to anyone, to not give interviews, to not spread the news about section 209 in Evin Prison, to not meet anyone, and you have done them all. I have transferred your kids to solitary confinement and they will be there while you keep doing what you have been doing. Till then, you will not meet them and there will be no phone call. When the families complained that their sons have confessed under torture, he said “Who says they were tortured? I am the person who says if they were tortured and I say they were not. We have not started the torture yet for you to know what torture is. The confessions have not been made under pressure”. “Your kids have to sign self-condemnation to be released” [Pearsian].

Mortazavi is famous for his crackdown on human rights. According to reputable sources, he is the person responsible for the death of Zahra Kazemi, the Iranian Canadian who died under suspicious circumstances while in custody.

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Update: Ladysun has more.