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  • Iran Tortured This Marine — But the US Government Won't Do Anything About It

    05/16/2016 5:38:32 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 19 replies
    New York Post ^ | May 16, 2016 | Post Editorial Board
    <p>It turns out Iran’s government was torturing former Marine Amir Hekmati for much of the 4½ years it held him hostage. The Obama administration apparently doesn’t care, so Hekmati has filed a lawsuit against the Tehran regime.</p> <p>The suit is a chilling read. Arrested in January 2011 while visiting his grandma, Hekmati faced solitary confinement for the next 17 months.</p>
  • Iranian Women Prisoners Detail Torture: 'Death Was Like a Desire'

    06/22/2011 6:27:29 AM PDT · by george76 · 10 replies
    pbs ^ | June 14, 2011
    Thousands of Iranians took to the streets in 2009 as part of the Green Movement to protest a disputed presidential election. The government crackdown that followed included some women being imprisoned, tortured and raped... a rare look at dissent in Iran, including the abuse of female prisoners during and following the 2009 Green Revolution. That was when thousands took to the streets of Tehran and other cities to protest a disputed presidential election, before facing a violent crackdown by the government. Our story is told through interviews recorded in secret with Iranian women. The correspondent's voice and the faces and...