Iran's highest judge bans use of torture, forced confessions

[dArKeR]

THE GUARDIAN , TEHRAN
Friday, Apr 30, 2004,Page 7

The head of the Iranian judiciary issued an order on Wednesday banning the use of torture and other abuses: an unprecedented acknowledgement of the regime's record of repression.

"Any torture to extract a confession is banned and the confessions extracted through torture are not legitimate and legal," Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi's order to the police, judges and intelligence officials say.

The 15-point directive says the "blindfolding, restraining, pestering and insulting of detainees must be avoided during arrest, interrogation and investigation."

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/04/30/2003138609

Uh oh! Bush can't watch live torture webcams from Iran anymore!

[burrowowl]

1. Does this apply to

the 'Occupiers' as well?

[ze_dscherman]

3. It should, but this is a story about IraN, not IraQ

Interesting to read that list - looks like the U.S. handbook on the interrogation of terra suspects, lacking some of its elements like loud rock music over prolonged periods.

Let's hope this will really be inforced in Iran!

[daleo]

2. I guess it never occurred to Kimmet

That you actually have to ban this stuff, or you just can't be sure what your troops might get up to.