Kahrisak

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Kahrisak (also Kahrizak ) was an Iranian prison on the southern edge of the city of Rey , 15 kilometers south of the outskirts of Tehran . On July 28, 2009, it was closed on the orders of Ayatollah Ali Khamene'i .

The institution was located in the immediate vicinity of the largest cemetery in the city, Behescht-e Zahra . According to the 2004 plans, it was intended to house thugs and hooligans, under the supervision and direction of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard . Until it was closed, the detention center comprised six regular wings and two quarantine sections, some of which were underground.

Detention of protesters and deaths

After the Iranian presidential elections in 2009 , arrested demonstrators were detained in the rooms, some in cages under very cramped conditions. In the 65 m² quarantine section, 127 demonstrators were detained after the protests following the Iranian presidential elections . In Kahrisak prison, inmates of both sexes were raped and four youth protesters were killed. 18-year-old Mohammad Kamrani, Amir Javadifar, Ramin Aghazadeh Ghahremani and 25-year-old Mohsen Ruholamini, son of Abdolhossein Ruholamini, an adviser to presidential candidate Mohsen Rezai .

The medical report of Ruholamini's death cited physical stress, the effects of bad outside conditions, multiple blows and serious injuries to the body as the causes of death . The doctor who authored this report, Ramin Pourandarjani, later died under unexplained circumstances at police headquarters. Javadifar's autopsy report cited severe trauma from severe beatings as the cause of death. A committee appointed by the Iranian parliament blamed the then attorney general of Tehran, Said Mortasawi , for the incidents.

Reports from former prisoners

“According to witnesses, the institution is halfway below the surface of the earth. The use of the toilets is permitted once a day, the food rations are reduced to a minimum. The personal space is less than one square meter per person. Queues form in front of the door to catch air for a few moments through the door slot. The drinking water comes from water bins that were previously used for gasoline or chemicals, which leads to nausea and diarrhea. "
“The cells were littered with our own feces because we couldn't use toilets. They put me and twenty other people in a container that might have room for five people. "
"Some young women and men were brutally raped several times a day, so that most of them had to be sewn together in the hospital after they were released."
"Prisoners were forced to lick the toilets clean or had to wait naked, blindfolded and doused with gasoline, in the scorching sun, expecting to be lit at any moment."

Reactions

Mohammed Khatami accused the judicial authorities of crimes against detained government opponents and stressed that the closure was not ordered because of poor hygiene .

Mehdi Karroubi , a presidential candidate from 2009 and under house arrest to this day, accuses the judicial authorities of serious abuse and rape of government critics, which affected both women and men.

Mir-Hossein Mousavi , presidential candidate from 2009 and under house arrest to this day, spoke out in a clear speech against the incidents. He asked how it could be that the leaders of the country would not cry and shed tears over this tragedy. “Can't you see it, can't you feel it? These processes darken our land, darken our hearts. If we keep silent about it, it will destroy us and make us all go to hell. "

Hossein Ali Montazeri , once the designated successor of Khomeini and also under house arrest until his death, demanded the legal prosecution of all those responsible for these abuses: Can the government deceive the people by closing the prison and blame everything on faults in the building?

See also

Coordinates: 35 ° 21 ′ 1 ″  N , 51 ° 50 ′ 45 ″  E

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RP Online : Authorities release 140 demonstrators. July 28, 2009 ( rp-online.de ( memento from September 12, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on August 16, 2010)
  2. ↑ a b translation service englishtogerman.wordpress.com: Document: The indictment of the Kahrizak trial , Author: Deputy Tehran Military Prosecutor Abbas Parsapour, dated: December 16, 2009 (25th Azar 1388), 11 of the 12 accused are members of the Iranian Armed Forces, Brigadier General Azizollah Rajabzadeh, Colonel Faraj Kamijani, NCO (ostovar) Mohammad Khamisabadi, NCO (ostovar) Ebrahim Mohammadian, Colonel Ravanbakhsh Fallah, Colonel Mohammad Amerian, Lieutenant Seyyed Kazem Ganjbakhsh, NCO (ostovar) Akidarizandierovar Non-commissioned officer (ostovar dovom) Majid Varva'i and non-commissioned officer (gorohban dovom) Mehdi Hoseynifar, a civilian (Mohammad Reza Karami, with an extensive criminal record), since no authorization was available, only the physical accomplices were charged, not the commissioning members of the judiciary. The complaint is based only on complaints from victims of torture, not on investigations by state institutions. Authorities responsible, including then Tehran Attorney General Said Mortasawi , alleged that these deaths were due to "meningitis and disease". These claims have been refuted by forensic medicine. Three law enforcement officers (Amir Javadifar, Mohsen Ruholamini, Mohammad Kamrani) were held responsible for murder in a publication by the Armed Forces Justice dated Tir 9th of this year (June 30, 2010). The punishment mentioned in this text was the death penalty (quesas), payment of blood money (diyeh), prison, temporary suspension from service and flogging. Other defendants have reportedly been sentenced to prison terms, payment of blood money (diyeh), dismissal from service and flogging.
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  4. ^ Robert Tait: Son of leading scientist dies in jail as fears grow over fate of Iran's political prisoners. The Guardian , London, July 26, 2009, accessed July 28, 2009 .
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  6. ↑ Martin Fletcher: Suspicions over heart attack death of Iranian doctor who knew too much. In: The Times, London. November 18, 2009, accessed May 7, 2010 .
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  8. ↑ Iran Releases 140 Prisoners, Closes Prison in Nod to Allegations of Abuse. (No longer available online.) In: Fox News. July 28, 2009, archived from the original on January 27, 2011 ; Retrieved February 9, 2011 .
  9. ^ Human Rights Watch , January 13, 2010: Iran: Prosecute Mortazavi for Detention Deaths
  10. ↑ Deutsche Welle website : Chatami accuses judicial authorities of crimes ( memento of December 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), July 30, 2009, accessed on August 16, 2010.
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  12. ^ Robert F. Worth, Sharon Otterman: Iran to Release Some Post-Election Detainees. In: New York Times . July 28, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2009 .
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