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by Shadi Paveh Gatestone Institute
April 30, 2014 at 3:30 am

Other countries just elected to a five-year term on the United Nations Commission for Women’s rights are Sudan and Pakistan, which, along with Iran, still practice burying women to their waists, then stoning them to death.

"[T]he condition of human rights has significantly worsened in Iran." — Dr. Majid Rafizadeh, Al Arabiya

An attack in Tehran’s women’s prison, Shahr-Ray, similar to the attack on prisoners in Ward 350 of Evin prison a week ago, was reported by reliable sources inside Iran.

According to the report, widely published on social media and on the Rowzane News website, on April 27, 2014 all doors to Shahr Ray prison were locked while five men attacked the women in Wards 1 and 2, a 190 square meter section [about 2000 square feet] that houses 240 female prisoners.

483.jpgShahr-Ray women’s prison.

The night guard, Mr. Asghar Kolivand, along with four soldiers — Mohammad Mohamadzade, one simply known as Mr. Tartar and two unnamed — descended upon the women. They beat them with belts, batons and electric cables. The guard responsible for the ward was mentioned as Sima Boormand. Prison phones were cut off and all doors to the outside remained locked for some time after the attack.

Shahr-Ray prison is where 26 year old Reyhaneh Jabbari

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