Activists say one prisoner was killed and 17 others injured in a riot at a prison in northern Iran over a planned execution. Clashes in Karaj city detention center erupted on Saturday as inmates protested the transfer of a prisoner to solitary confinement before his execution, Iran’s human rights organization (IHR) said on Sunday. The fatal victim died from a gunshot to the head.
However, Iranian authorities said one detainee died following a conflict between detainees. The Chief Justice of Albors County said the riots began in the section where prisoners are serving sentences for drug-related offences. Prisoners had set fire to duvets. Since then, however, peace has returned.
Karaj as the center of the protests
It is the third major incident in an Iranian prison since the wave of protests began in the country. The demonstrations were provoked by the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in September in the custody of the vice squad. Karaj is a major center of the protests.
Prisoners in Karaj chanted anti-government slogans, including “death to the dictator”, in reference to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s spiritual leader, according to Norway-based activist organization IHR. Inmates also blocked prison entrances and destroyed surveillance cameras, according to the information.
Two death sentences have already been carried out
So far this month, Iran has carried out two death sentences in connection with the wave of protests in the country. Human rights organization Amnesty International said on Friday that at least 26 other people were at risk of execution in connection with the protests.
In October, a fire broke out in a prison in the capital Tehran, killing at least eight people. In the same month, prisoners rioted at a detention center in Rasht, the capital of the northwestern province of Gilan.
Source: Krone
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