The Islamic Republic has such places because the only tool it has against the protesters is the one the Qur’an prescribes:
“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60)
“Iran Uses Secret Prisons To Get Forced Confession From Protesters: CNN,” Iran International, February 22, 2023:
A CNN investigative report shows how the Islamic Republic uses a network of secret prisons to torture and suppress protesters, as well as to obtain force confessions from them.
The network has been able to find the location of more than 40 unofficial torture centers and undeclared secret prisons in Iran, which are located in government-controlled facilities such as the basement of mosques.
To find the exact location of the secret detention centers, CNN interviewed eyewitnesses and detainees of the recent protests and matched this information with satellite images.
According to the report, eight, six, and five secret torture centers have been identified in Tehran, Sanandaj in the west, and Zahedan in the southeast, respectively.
In other cities such as Karaj, Mashhad, Tabriz, Kermanshah, Amol, Saqqez, etc., dozens of secret prisons have been identified based on the information provided by eyewitnesses.
Based on the CNN report, these secret prisons were places for torturing protesters to force them to confess so that the courts could issue heavy sentences such as death penalty for them….
lyone says
The brave women and men who have been protesting against their government in Iran have my profound respect. They are standing up against a regime that cares nothing about them, is willing to do all manner of things to its own citizens, and has no accountability to anyone. They are fighting injustice without arms, and in the face of nearly certain torture, imprisonment, or death. Noone in the world seems to be offering any assistance to these souls either. If only heads of state and the UN would come out more frequently with statements of support for them.