Fars News reported today that seven to ten policemen involved in the Kahrizak prison abuse cases have been arrested. Police Chief Brigadier General Ismail Ahmadi Moqaddam announced the arrests, but also argued that the magnitude of human rights violations were “exaggerated and magnified in the media.
— The creepy similarities between Iran’s despotic regime and our own behavior in matters of detainee treatment continue to beggar belief. It’s almost as if they’ve been taking notes.
