Source: Radio Zamaneh
Iranian authorities started the court proceedings against 12 members of the
police force who are accused of violating detainee rights in Kahrizak prison
this summer and causing the death of at least three people.
ILNA reports that the court session was held
behind closed doors today in the armed forces judiciary organization with Judge
Mohammad Mosaddegh residing in the presence of families of the victims and other
plaintiffs and their lawyers.
In the opening of the session, Judge Mosaddegh maintained that the court's
objective is to "discover the truth and execute justice" and the prosecution of
a few officers does not imply that we are denying the "hard work of the security
forces."
He also established that the contents of the court sessions cannot be publicized
adding: "Parts of the file contains certain issues and information that if
published could harm general order of the society."
After the reading of the indictment, father of Mohammad Kamrani and other
plaintiffs expressed their case.
18-year-old Mohammad Kamrani was arrested on June 10 in Tehran and transferred
to Kahrizak jail. Seven days later, he passed away as a result of the torture he
suffered at the hand of his jailers.
A parliamentary probe into the Kahrizak case
issued an official report confirming that close to 150 post-election detainees
were taken to this detention centre and suffered "harsh treatment" by the
officers in charge.
The report which was read in the parliament in December confirmed that three
people, Mohsen Ruholamini, Amir Javadifar and Mohammad Kamrani were killed at
Kahrizak.
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Saeed Mortazavi
Former Tehran Prosecutor, Saeed
Mortazavi has been found responsible for the torture and death of
election protesters at the infamous detention centre Kahrizak,
according to the Parliamentary Committee report which investigated
the post-election events. Mortazavi was removed from his post as
prosecutor. But he was appointed by Ahmadinejad to a post in his
administration. |
In February father of Mohsen Ruholamiani,
Abdolhosein Ruholamini, a prominent figure in Iranian politics, claimed Ramin
Aghazadeh Ghahremani was another casualty of the tortures at Kahrizak.
The Kahrizak episode has caused great embarrassment for Islamic Republic
establishment but all attempts to sweep the issue under the carpet by denying
the charges failed as families and opposition forces persisted in publicizing
the crimes that took place there and relentlessly called for justice.
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