“Drawing on about two dozen testimonies from Iranian lawyers and survivors of the black sites, CNN found that the use of the black sites – which exist outside of Iranian due process – was unprecedented in scale. Among the most severe forms of torture detailed in those testimonies were electrocutions, removal of nails, lashings and beatings that resulted in scars and broken limbs, and sexual violence. The findings paint a picture of a regime meting out torture on an industrial scale, to crush an uprising that has posed the biggest domestic threat to the clerical elite in decades.”  See “US senators call for UN probe into secret Iranian torture centers exposed by CNN,” CNN, 3-6-23.

“Iran’s judiciary says women will be punished for violating Islamic dress code -IRNA,” Reuters, 3-6-23.