Iran: provincial prosecutor admits to torture of psychiatric patients

Eight days after the publication of a report on the torture and mistreatment of psychiatric patients enchained in a center for the physically and mentally ill in Karaj, west of Tehran, Alborz Province public prosecutor Shah-Karami admitted on Tuesday that 20 such patients were beaten. He also said some patients were confined to their positions using ropes and chains.
This regime official lied in claiming there have been evidence of using dogs to torture these innocent patients.
The state-run Mehr news agency had reported on September 7th – without naming any officials – that a center for mentally ill patients in Alborz Province had been closed down a few months ago after it was proven that patients were tortured and harassed. Further reports showed patients were beaten, tortured by dogs and chained to their positions.