Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iran: Kurdish young man dies due to intelligence ministry’s torture

A Kurdish civilian named Shahriar Adeli died in the hospital on 8 December due to torture in the detention centre of the Ministry of Intelligence in Sardasht, West Azarbaijan province, after being temporarily released on bail. The 27-year-old civilian was arrested on 22 November for participating in the public protests in Sardasht. The interrogators of the intelligence ministry severely tortured the young man under detention. He was...

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