Leaked videos show beatings of prisoners in Tehran prison; prisons head apologizes

A combined picture captured from videos leaked by a hacking group shows beatings of prisoners in Evil prison in Tehran

SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The head of Iran’s prisons apologized on Tuesday for “bitter events” in Tehran’s Evin prison after videos leaked by hackers showed beatings of prisoners.

Videos leaked by a hacking group calling itself Edalat-e Ali (Ali’s Justice) showed guards beating prisoners and dragging a detainee on the floor.

The videos appear to be from the prison’s surveillance cameras.

“Regarding the pictures from Evin prison, I accept responsibility for such unacceptable behavior and pledge to try to prevent any repeat of these bitter events and to deal seriously with the wrongdoers,” Mohammad Mehdi Hajmohammadi, head of Iran’s prisons, said in a tweet reported by state media.

“I apologize to God Almighty, our dear leader [Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei], the nation and honorable prison guards, whose efforts will not be ignored due to these mistakes,” Hajmohammadi said, according to Reuters.

It was a rare admission of human rights abuses in Iran, which often has dismissed criticism of its human rights record as baseless.

Evin prison, which mostly holds detainees facing security charges, has long been criticized by Western rights groups and it was blacklisted by the U.S. government in 2018 for “serious human rights abuses”, Reuters reported.

“The [Evin] authorities use threats of torture, threats of indefinite imprisonment and torture of family members, deception and humiliation, multiple daily interrogations lasting up to five or six hours, denial of medical care, and denial of family visits,” Human Rights Watch said in a report.

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