Iran replaces prisons chief after Evin incident

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https://s2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.sGoIJbSsf8qgywEm5WbSQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPMideastEN/7f99bcc212f1293b46e100b5bc1aed7d9aeaaa07.jpg (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/iran-replaces-prisons-chief-evin-incident-163038011.html)Iran's judiciary has replaced the country's prisons chief after reports of violence against political prisoners during a routine inspection in Evin Prison, media reports said on Wednesday. But Gholam Hossein Ismaili -- who denies any wrongdoing in the events that unfolded on April 17 -- has been appointed to a senior post as head of the justice department in the capital. According to opposition websites, several inmates at the **torious Section 350 of Evin, located in **rthern Tehran, were beaten after scuffles broke out at a cell block, with some of them seriously hurt and taken to hospital. Judiciary spokesman and prosecutor general Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei on Wednesday said Ismaili's reassignment "had **thing to with what happened in Section 350", the ISNA news agency reported.




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