IRAN: EIGHT INMATES EXECUTED, SIX DIE IN A PRISON DUE TO DIRE CONDITIONS

October 19, 2014: eight inmates were hanged in Ghezel-Hessar Karaj Prison.
Meanwhile, at least six inmates lost their lives due to the excruciating conditions at a death camp and inhumane pressures by henchmen.
The men arrested in city of Bandar Abbas as a part of mass arrests carried out in the city October 12-17 under the pretext of fighting against drugs. They were all imprisoned in Camp Jabal-Bor in Bissim area of the city.
Also at least five death row prisoners in Urumyeh Central Prison have been transferred to solitary confinement since October 18 to await their execution.
Meanwhile, Iranian regime officials continue to pledge to continue on violations of human rights in Iran.
Commenting on the latest reports by international bodies on the violation of human rights in Iran, Sadegh Larijani, the head of the mullah’s Judiciary, said on October 15: “The more they attack us on the issue of human rights, the more we become determined to carry out sentences,” IRGC affiliated YJC website reported. (Sources: Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, 21/10/2014)