ran�s judiciary has opened cases against six security guards at Tehran�s high-security Evin Prison in connection with viral videos that apparently showed mistreatment of inmates.

The newly-appointed Judiciary spokesman Zabihullah Khodaeian, in his first press briefing on Tuesday, said four guards had been introduced to a military court, two others referred to a revolutionary tribunal, and some others put in detention.

Judicial authorities have also summoned two prison guards in the case, he said.

It comes after an investigation by Attorney General Mohammad-Ja�far Montazeri on the orders of Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei, who called for a �comprehensive investigation� into the incident last week.
�The scenes shown in the published films were against the law and it is not justifiable under any circumstances,� Khodaeian said, adding, however, that the leaked clips had been selected and edited from different scenes over the years.
He said it was unjust to attribute the �misconduct of some violators� to the entire prison organization and its hard-working employees.

 

Source: Press TV