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3 Iranian judicial officials suspended over Kahrizak
TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (MNA) -- Three high-ranking judicial officials at the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office who were connected with the case of the Kahrizak detention center have been suspended from duty, an informed source has told the Mehr News Agency.
Based on an indictment previously issued by a military court, an investigation was conducted into the case and the court issued rulings calling for the suspension of three senior judicial officials at the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office, the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said on Sunday.
The three officials were stripped of their judicial immunity and are to be held accountable like ordinary citizens.
On March 9, the first session of the trial of 12 suspects in the Kahrizak prisoner abuse case was held at the headquarters of the Armed Forces Judicial Organization. The victims’ families, the plaintiffs, and their lawyers all attended the court session.
During the last trial session on June 9, the AFJO read out the indictments for the 12 defendants and the presiding judge declared that the hearings were over.
On June 30, the AFJO announced that two of the convicts had been sentenced to death.
The court found nine other defendants guilty of lesser charges and issued verdicts for them calling for prison sentences, cash fines, and the payment of blood money, and temporarily suspended them from duty.
The court also exonerated one person of all charges.
The Majlis special committee on the post-election incidents announced on August 15, 2009 that 12 police officers and judges involved in the Kahrizak incidents had been dismissed and faced prosecution.
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 during 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.
Based on an indictment previously issued by a military court, an investigation was conducted into the case and the court issued rulings calling for the suspension of three senior judicial officials at the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office, the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said on Sunday.
The three officials were stripped of their judicial immunity and are to be held accountable like ordinary citizens.
On March 9, the first session of the trial of 12 suspects in the Kahrizak prisoner abuse case was held at the headquarters of the Armed Forces Judicial Organization. The victims’ families, the plaintiffs, and their lawyers all attended the court session.
During the last trial session on June 9, the AFJO read out the indictments for the 12 defendants and the presiding judge declared that the hearings were over.
On June 30, the AFJO announced that two of the convicts had been sentenced to death.
The court found nine other defendants guilty of lesser charges and issued verdicts for them calling for prison sentences, cash fines, and the payment of blood money, and temporarily suspended them from duty.
The court also exonerated one person of all charges.
The Majlis special committee on the post-election incidents announced on August 15, 2009 that 12 police officers and judges involved in the Kahrizak incidents had been dismissed and faced prosecution.
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 during 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.
