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Iran Focus
Karaj, Iran, Oct. 14 – An Iranian youth from the
city of Karaj,
west of Tehran,
was publicly paraded by State Security Forces (SSF) in the city centre for
several hours on Tuesday.
The SSF tied the hands of Akbar Samavat to a stick in the shape of a cross and hanged several
waterpots around his neck. They also put a
pacifier in his mouth.
Police injected him with a high dosage of the drug morphine so that he
would not resist.
In a bid to mock and disgrace him, Samavat was
paraded between the hours of 10 am and 2 pm in Ferdis
district in Karaj.
He had been accused of “causing trouble”.
The Iranian authorities frequently parade youths, forced to sit backwards
on donkeys, in their local neighborhood so as to embarrass and humiliate
them.
Such punishments are often used for petty crimes such as alcohol
consumption, disregarding nightly curfews, and disrespect towards security
agents.
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