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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/03/reports-brutal-arrests-torture-deaths-iran-prisons

Growing Reports of Brutal Arrests, Torture and Deaths in Iran's Prisons

(Guardian-UK) Deepa Parent - Armed intelligence agents stormed the Tehran apartment of Iranian writer Hamid Asefi, 63, on March 5. "Heavy blows were directed at my ribs, kidneys, temples and the back of my head. The beating was so severe that I lost consciousness," he said. Hesam Alaeddin, 40, was arrested in April in Tehran. The call to collect his body came weeks later. Relatives said that when his body was returned, there was "not a single bone left intact." "They beat him to death," a source said.

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