Iran protester: 'We could hear the beatings and screams in jail'

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Anti-government protests in Iran have entered an eighth week, despite a crackdown by security forces in which local human rights activists say at least 328 people have been killed and 14,800 others have been detained.

 

One female protester in her 20s, who spent a week in prison and was recently released on bail, told the BBC's Khosro Kalbasi Isfahani that she witnessed physical and psychological torture, and other ill-treatment.

 

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63559971

 

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