Prison guards attack political prisoners in Orumieh Prison

The Special Guards forces in Orumieh Prison stormed the political prisoner's ward and beat them.
The Special Guards forces and Protection Forces stormed ward 12 where political prisoners are kept with the presence of Fathi, the head of prison and Bahreini, the head of the Protection Department, and beat political prisoner with clubs, electric clubs and electric shockers. They also destroyed and broke the prisoner's personal belongings and took Ali Ahmad Soleiman, a citizen of Turkey to an unknown location.
It is not clear why these political prisoners were beaten and there is also no information on where Ali Ahmad Soleiman was taken. Mr. Soleiman who is in poor health because of his first degree burns, has been sentenced to 5 years of prison for being a member of an opposition Turkish party. (Human Rights Activists in Iran – Jan. 20, 2010)