Regime puts increasing pressure on jailed peaceful protesters in Evin Prison

On Thursday January 21, a large number of families went to Evin Prison to visit their jailed loved ones in ward 209.
Interrogators of the Intelligence Agency have shortened visiting hours to put pressure on these prisoners and their families. Visiting hours are from 9 am to 2 pm and despite the fact that visits have been shortened from 20 minutes to 10 minutes, some families were not able to visit their loved ones in this timeframe.
The detainees have said in phone calls to their families that their names were read out for visits and that they were taken to the prison exits but prison guards mocked them to put mental pressure on them and told them (at the last minute) that they were banned from visits.
Intelligence agents interrogate Ashura prisoners day and night while mentally and physically torturing them. The interrogations sometimes go on for 9 consecutive hours. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Jan. 21, 2010)