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In Iran there has been a major development stemming from allegations of torture and death at a notorious prison.
In the protests that followed June’s disputed election. Iranian security forces detained thousands of people.
Now the Iranian parliament has issued a scathing report on the Kahrizak detention center.
An Iranian parliamentary committee has publicly blamed Tehran’s reviled prosecutor general Saeed Mortazavi – an ally of President Ahmadinejad – for the deaths of several men there.
And there are calls by conservative members of parliament for more such investigations – CNN's Ivan Watson has the details and after his video be sure to scroll down and watch a discussion about the deaths with Iranian professor Mohammad Marandi:
We asked anyone from the Iranian government to come on this program. We also asked prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi and Abdol-Hussein Ruholomeini - father of the protestor killed at Kahrizak. They all declined.
But we did speak to Mohammad Marandi, professor of North American studies at the University of Tehran about the significance of parliament censuring Mortezavi, the Prosecutor General:
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Hi Christiane
Thank you for following up on important issues related to the Iran Election. In your interview with Mr. Marandi, all his opinion and reasoning was based on what Mr. Rouholamini told him! I was hoping taht you would the Professor, in what capacity Mr. Rouholamini has been following the Kahrizak issues and the death of the Kahrizak's young Doctor? I believe he is just the influential father of the killed Mohsen Rouholamini, not the legal representative of the Iranian Government or even other families whose children were killed or tortured in the notorious Kahrizak prison. Comments from Mr. Marandi, as Rouholamini said this or that or believed this or that was just the professor's way of not responding to your questions and deviating from the real issue, which we all know is the role of high ranking government officials if Kahrizak murders.
I wish you had stopped him and insisted to get his own opinion, or the opinion of the government he so poorly represented! Again, In what capacity, Mr. Rouholamini talks about the crimes of the dead young Doctor? And why he's entitled to have an "official" opinion on how and why the Prison Doctor dies? I am really surprised that a reliable, experienced and brave journalist like yourself, will allow someone like Mr. Marandi to get away (one more time) with, manipulating the world's most watched news personality and news cast.
With all due respect Christiane, since the Iranian government and its dependent media outlets always look for weaknesses and contradictions in the Western Media presentation of the political affairs, someone with your background should be more prepared and more in control of the situations you intend to get involved. You even mispronounced at least 3 names, including Kahrizak!
Please consider this comment as a friendly and constructive criticism. I assure you that no insult or disrespect was intended.
Sincerely,
Changiz
hi dear mrs amanpour
i am from iran myself,please do not believe in what mr marandi said,he is a big big liar.the leader himself will orede execution of mortazavi cause they do not need him anymore.every some years they kill their own supporters like the guy who killed many antigovernment characters years ago and his name was saeed imami and after he killed all those guys leader asked him then leader ordered others to kill him.marandi is a really disgusting liar...
thanks 4 reading my comments.we r under torture and injustice here...what more obvious than all these people beaten and killed in streets..i my self was beaten in streets too..best regards
sepehr
tehran-iran
In view of the last two comments, I can only conclude that Ms Amanpour is an Obaman fifth columnist.
hi,
Mortazavi and others are merely small potatoes, they simply do what they are told to do, the regime is using him as an escaped goat ,the master minds behind the scene are going to sacrifice him to save themselves from the inevitable wrath of the protestors.Khamenaei and his ban of mafia are the ones who should be put to trial and punished for their crimes.
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Christiane Amanpour,
I am sure you are already aware of this, but I felt it had to be stated regardless. Prof Marandi is little more than a mouth piece for the regime, anything that comes out of his mouth will neither be objective or analytical. There is a reason why the Regime allows him to engage with foreign media and we would all do well not to forget this.
Best,
Sean.
Thank you CNN for raising this issue as I consider such "allegations" to be most serious. Let us assume that the stories of rape and horrendous torture are true, and more systematic than anyone realises. What would be the purpose and desired outcome of such a "Fatholl Mobin"operation? I suggest it would be to scare all protesters witless and slow the momentum of street protests. Where I come from it is said that politicians equate every street marcher with 500 more voters at home who have the same sentiments but are too lazy or apathetic to march. Well the tactic has back-fired because the protesters now have more value when the stakes are higher. I now value every street marcher worth double or triple the value of protesters that march without threat of jail or torture. If there are still thousands of marchers even with such barbaric consequences then the regime should be counting up their foreign bank accounts and planning where they can pay dearly to disappear.
Every organization has its structure and set-up. they have rank and files. even very small organization has its own set-up.
Running a big prison, it wont end-up just to Mr. Saeed Mortazavi. He was selected and hired. and he also did select staff and hired. The first question is who is his party? who hired him and what was the basis to hire him? who game his the authority to have those limits? and who are the people implemented those acts?
The crisis now happening in Kahrizak prison is not just about Mr. Saees Mortazavi. Its beyond it. In a country that there are so many spot lights on, and every media is trying to get the latest news out of its latest stories. where government is now more careful than ever in their actions, some one having that authority to torture and kill must have be approved or order by higher ranks or in simple language his boss. Remember this is an organization that run by a state, and lets you and i decide who is the head.
after going to details, my conclusion is just, he is a BATE.
meaning, the heads or the bosses (in my opinion Mr. Ahmadinejad and Mr. Khamenei) order those tortures and killing in prisons. Mr. Saeed Mortazavi is just and employee who get orders and implements. But the leaders wanted to show the opposition we could and will kill. regardless your last name is Mousavi or what ever.
But now all over the world including People of Iran have been outrageous complaining about these inhumane acts. they can not hide from reality. its really happening. and they have to answer back. so they change to focus from the real story to Mr. Saeed Mortazavi. but the real questions are.....
1. Who hired Saeed Mortazavi?
2. What was the motivation from hiring him and making him the head of Kahrizak prison?
3. Who gave the order to Saeed Mortazavi?
4. Who gave him power and authority to Torture and Kill?
5. Why he tortured and kill?
6. Who got orders from Saeed Mortazavi and tortured?
7. Who got orders from Saeed Mortazavi and killed?
8. Why only one name is on the spotlight? i believe in Kahrizak prison are 100s of people working in different positions.
Dear Christina,
Thank you very much for your covarage on the Iran affairs. You are a true hero to me, and I'm proud to have a propfessional Iranian reporter like you to give us the facts on the Iranian events.
As you know there is a lot going on in Iran, and many high ranking personel in SEPAH PASDARAN and many Iranian political personel abroad had resign their posts.
So your reporting is doing a lots of good for our mother land Iran, and hopefuly we are going to have a true democracy in Iran real soon.
Thanks to you and other honest reporters like you who bring out the true evil face of the Islamic Republic of Iran regime and showing it to the world.
Christiane,
Why CNN and the rest of the international media when it comes to coverage of Iran and the post election tormoil always feature Prof Marandi? He contridicts himself. Sometime back during an interview he said that he is not a supporter of the current ruling regime but when asked about what he thought about the riots, the out-break of the protesters and how the protesters should be dealth with, he was all for brutality, arrest and that he felt that the regime has the right and the power to do a heavy crack down. When asked if he voted at the recent election he said no. I find that each time he comes on air, he contridicts himself by saying that he is not in support of the regime,but then when questioned why is there such a heavy crackdown and why is there a need to use such brutality, he said it is necessary and that the regime is doing the right thing. I agree with Sepehr that Marandi is a liar if not he would not be allowed to appear so many times for interviews especially on international media like CNN or Aljazeera. I think CNN and all other international media, should stop giving Marandi anymore airtime for him to speak.
Miss Amanpour,
You are Iranian born and pretend to have sympathy for the nation, why are you playing such hypocrete rol as the CNN international executive chief ?
Why this conspiracy with dirty people like Marandi who defend 100% the regime, he is actually on of the pillar of Islamic Republic.
mohammad marandi is betraying iranian people by saying lies about what happened in iran.here people were raped ,tortured and killed in prisons and he tries to deny it.mohammad marandi shame on u....
Stop interviewing this marandi paid spokesperson who acts like he represents intellectuals. Just get a real government spokesperson. It is not fair to interview a son of Khamieni's personal doctor – he is the most trusted close personal friend of this dictator.
Shame on You because you know Iran, you know that Marandi is not objective and he is wrapped in this fake professorial role with his perfect English (thanks to a free education in USA). Shame on you for using someone with such interest in the continuation of this regime rather than simply demanding a titled govenment official.
you can put lipstick on this iranian pig, but it is still a dictator.
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