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Iran: hell on Earth, inside Zahedan central prison
Inside one of Iran's most notorious prisons, over 2,000 incarcerated people are crammed into cells meant to hold just a few hundred. Days after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, as the world recoils at images of Syria's Seydnaya prison, Iranian survivors recognize a horror all too familiar.
Source: Iran Wire (20/12/2024)