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TechnoratiFormer Iranian prosecutor suspended over prison deaths
An Iranian former prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi and two judges have been suspended over the prison deaths of three anti-government protesters, Iranian newspapers reported on Monday.
Mortazavi and two unnamed judges have been suspended over the deaths of Mohammad Kamrani, Amir Javadifar and Mohsen Ruholamini in Kahrizak jail, Iranian MPs said in a statement.
"The suspension of the former prosecutor and two judges accused in the case is comforting," 216 lawmakers said in a joint statement published in the Shargh newspaper.
The Kahrizak deaths were admitted by Iranian officials after months of denial.
The three young men had died of injuries inflicted in custody after being arrested for protesting against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election in June last year.
The prison was shut down in July 2009 following reports of abuse and Mortazavi was removed from his post, given a bureaucratic role and made counter smuggling chief in Ahmadinejad's government.
During his six year tenure as a Tehran prosecutor and before that as a judge, Mortazavi was responsible for shutting down dozens of reformist publications and jailing journalists.
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