A Prisoner Committed Suicide and Died in Ghezelhesar Prison

HRANA News Agency – A 26-year-old prisoner who was convicted to death on drug crimes and detained in Ghezelhesar prison, committed suicide because of the increasing stress caused by living on death row and lost his life.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on January 17, 2017, Behzad Siri, born in 1990, from Varamin, hanged himself in Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj and died.
Mr. Siri had been kept in unit 3 of the prison until he was taken to solitary confinement because of a conflict.
A source close to Behzad Siri told HRANA’s reporter: “One of the main reasons for Behzad’s suicide was the executions in recent days, including several of his friends who were executed.”
The source added: “Another reason for his suicide was being tortured by the officials and loneliness in solitary.”
Mr. Siri had been in prison on death row for 4 years. He served 2 yaers in Khorin prison in Kheir Abad prison in Varamin.

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