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torture in prisons
Grieving mother threatens public suicide if justice denied
The mother of Sattar Beheshti, the Iranian blogger who was pronounced dead five days after his arrest by the Iranian Cyber Police, has threatened to commit suicide in public if the authorities don’t start proceedings against those responsible for her son’s death.
Former prosecutor faces serious charge after all
Saeed Mortazavi, the former Tehran prosecutor, has been indicted on the charge of “complicity in murder” in the death of Mahmmad Kamrani, one of the three detainees who were killed under torture in Kahrizak Prison in 2009.
Dead blogger’s lawyer calls for speedy justice
The lawyer for the family of blogger Sattar Beheshti, who died while in custody, has called for the lawsuit filed by Beheshti’s family to be fast-tracked.
Prosecutor announces probable cause of blogger’s death
The Tehran Prosecutor said on Monday December 24: “The most probable cause of the jailed blogger Sattar Beheshti’s death, is a blow, or blows together with mental stress.”
MP calls for apologies in Beheshti case
Ali Motahari, an Iranian conservative MP, has called on the Interior Minister and the head of the security forces to “apologize to the family of Sattar Beheshti, the people and the leader of Iran” for the blogger who died in custody a few days after his arrest by cuber police.
Security forces descend on service for dead blogger
Iranian state security forces attacked and arrested a number of people attending a memorial service held for Sattar Beheshti, the jailed blogger who died within a week of his arrest by the cyber police.
Cyber police chief fired over blogger’s case
The head of the Tehran Cyber Police was dismissed today by the Commander of the Islamic Republic Security Forces for “shortcomings in the supervision and handling of the case” of Sattar Beheshti, the jailed blogger who died in police custody last month.
Security chief weighs in on blogger’s death
The head of Iran’s Security Forces says police may be guilty of “some level of neglect” in the arrest of Sattar Beheshti but he denied there was any motive to murder the detained blogger, who died in custody earlier this month.
Labour groups call for probe into blogger’s death
Three Iranian labour organizations have issued a joint statement urging the government to pursue the case of Sattar Beheshti’s death in police custody so the perpetrators of his death can be brought to justice.
