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Wed, 06/30/2010 - 22:10
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Iran's Kahrizak offenders receive death sentences
TEHRAN, June 30 (MNA) — The Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces has sentenced two of the accused in the case of the notorious Kahrizak detention center to death.
According to the announcement issued on Wednesday, the court meted out prison sentences, payment of blood money, cash fines and temporary suspension from duty for 9 other offenders. The court also exonerated one person from all the charges. The court’s ruling is not final and shall be effective subject to legal proceeding.
No news of the identity of the accused has been published and the details of the trials have been kept confidential.
The Kahrizak detention center came into the spotlight after it was revealed that three inmates were beaten to death there. Mohsen Rouholamini, Mohammad Kamrani, and Amir Javadifar were the three men who died at Kahrizak.
The three victims had been detained in the post-election unrest in 2009.
The Kahrizak detention center, located south of Tehran, was closed on the order of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei because it was substandard.
According to the announcement issued on Wednesday, the court meted out prison sentences, payment of blood money, cash fines and temporary suspension from duty for 9 other offenders. The court also exonerated one person from all the charges. The court’s ruling is not final and shall be effective subject to legal proceeding.
No news of the identity of the accused has been published and the details of the trials have been kept confidential.
The Kahrizak detention center came into the spotlight after it was revealed that three inmates were beaten to death there. Mohsen Rouholamini, Mohammad Kamrani, and Amir Javadifar were the three men who died at Kahrizak.
The three victims had been detained in the post-election unrest in 2009.
The Kahrizak detention center, located south of Tehran, was closed on the order of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei because it was substandard.
