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.
04-25-2014, 12:53 PM
Iran replaces prisons chief after Evin incident
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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