IRAN: Young man killed under torture in Abadan

 NCRI- A young man named Nader Sharifi-Fard was arrested and later killed during his incarceration by the suppressive security forces in Abadan, southwest Iran, according to local reports. Sources say that the young man was tortured to death in the custody of the regime’s security forces.

News of the young man's torture and death spread widely on social media and virtual networks among the people of Abadan, and in order defend Abadan's security forces the Iranian regime’s Police Chief in Abadan, Col. Mohsen Taghizadeh, rushed to the scene to justify the brutal killing of the young boy.

 According to the state-run Axin Press on June 15 the Chief of Police of Abadan stated "a young man named Nader Sharifi-Fard was summoned for questioning, and the police dealt with his case according to their inherent and legal duty." Moreover Taghizadeh said that "if the officers have shortcomings, we will certainly deal with them but so far there is no evidence that the police tortured him.”

The local head of the regime’s suppressive police force ordered mass arrests following the disclosure of the young man's death in Abadan and stated that “people who have released this news and claimed that the police have tortured Nader Sharifi-Fard will be prosecuted by the Iranian Cyber Police and the Abadan Police Legal Department for causing public unrest and spreading lies and tarnishing the image of the police."