(Radio Farda) On Nov. 9, Sweden arrested Hamid Nouri, an Iranian assistant public prosecutor who was a member of the execution committee at Gohardasht Prison near Tehran in 1988 and played a key part in the mass execution of political prisoners. On Wednesday, a number of former political prisoners told Persian television channels in London that Nouri was involved in their torture and trial. Political activists say at least 5,000 prisoners were executed in Iranian prisons in 1988.
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