Prisoner killed in Gohardasht Prison after torture

According to reports, a prisoner in section 1 of Gohardasht Prison in Karaj was killed after being brutally tortured by prison officials.
On Monday, February 22, Yavar Khoda Doust was killed after being tortured by Kermani, the head of the Prison Intelligence Department and Faraji, his deputy. His body was taken to the infirmary and is currently in the prison morgue.
Yavar and Latif Khoda Doust are two jailed brothers who were detained in hall 3, section 1 of this prison. Some time ago they were transferred from hall 3 to solitary cells in hall 2 known as the doghouse. They were taken to solitary after a raid and search in their cells. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Feb. 22, 2010)