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August 26, 2009

Mowj Camp says MP involved in prison abuse

The reformist publication mowjcamp reports that three ultra-hardline members of Parliament may have been involved in the prisoner abuse in Kahrizak prison. Mowjcamp says one MP told them that Hossein Fadaei, a representative from Tehran, was directly involved in interrogations in Kahrizak. Mowj camp also cites several members in the Parliament that there are widespread whispers in the Majlis that MP’s Parwiz Sorouri and Alireza Zakani were also aware of the widespread abuses in Kahrizak.
The three MP’s served with in the Basij or IRGC before becoming Parliament members.

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