Karrubi: Iran post-election detainees raped

[Heidi]

Source: CNN

updated 1 minute ago


(CNN) -- They have dismissed him, attempted to silence him and threatened him with arrest.

But Iran's Islamic hardliners so far have failed to stifle opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi's claims that post-election detainees have been abused -- some even raped -- behind bars.

Actually, the 72-year-old cleric has grown increasingly defiant in recent weeks. His latest move: going public with a first-hand account from a detainee who says he was raped in a Tehran prison.

"I was in prison, blindfolded and tied down. They beat me almost to death and did the most despicable thing to me, which is rejected even by all infidels and idol worshipers and I only had the courage to make Mr. Karrubi aware of this," the unidentified male says in a statement posted Monday on Karrubi's party Web site.

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Karrubi said the man's account is the tip of the iceberg, and that he will continue posting accounts on the Web site if "the current trend continues."

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/25/iran.rape.allegations/index.html

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[flyarm]

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[saigon68]

2. CIA hired Thugs and Hoodlums killing people

[flyarm]

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and thanks for serving ...its the hired mercenery and Cia pigs who have destroyed the country i thought i once knew!

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Not in my name!!!!!!