Hojjatollah Souri

AKA: Hojjatollah Soori

Full Name (English)

Hojjatollah Souri

Full Name (Farsi)

حجت الله سوری

Date of Birth

1964

Place of Birth

Selseleh, Lorestan

Gender

Male

Education

MA in Political Science

Clerical Background

Status

Alive

Last Updated

7 Dec 2020

Positions and Violations

Head of Evin Prison (Oct 2010 - 2012)
- Human Rights Violation: Torture and ill-treatment of prisoners read more
  
  Institution
  
  Prisons Organisation
  
  Location
  
  Evin Prsion, Tehran
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom from torture, Right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
  
  Description
  
  Hojjatullah Souri, as the director of Evin Prison, has been involved in the ill-treatment, beatings, physical and psychological torture and sexual abuse of prisoners, including journalist Saeed Pourheidar. According to the testimony of victims, physical torture such as beatings during interrogation, insomnia and throwing in cold water barrels or keeping prisoner naked in cold weather for hours and psychological torture such as presenting false news and information, threats of rape, false executions, forcing prisoner to admit immoral charges, threatening to detain family members or falsely reporting the detention of family members, as well as deprivation of medical care are common methods used to put pressure on inmates at Evin Prison.
  
  Sources
  
  Description of Saeed Pourheidar, Journalist, of Torture in Evin Prison, Iran Human Rights Campaign, June 2011
  
  https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%AD-%D8%B3%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_-%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA-%D9%88%DA%AF%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%DB%B1%DB%B9-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%E2%80%93-%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86.pdf
  
  Collective deprivation of prisoners in ward 350 of Evin Prison from visiting, Kaleme website, 9 November, 2010
  
  https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%A3%DB%B5%DB%B0-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C-%C2%AB-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87.pdf
Member of Parliament, Delphan (2012 - 2016)
Deputy of Protection and Security of Prisons Organisation (Unknown)
Head of the Central Guard of the Prisons Organisation (Unknown)
Head of Tehran’s Security Prisons, Ghezel Hesar, Rajai Shahr (Unknown)
Instructor of educational centres of the prisons organisation (Unknown)

These violations may only be part of the human rights violations that this person has been involved in. The investigation into this person's human rights record is ongoing.

Legal Developments

On 10 October, 2011, the European Union placed 29 Iranian officials on the human rights sanctions list, including Hojjatullah Souri, for their role in widespread and serious violations of the rights of Iranian citizens. According to the decision, Souri will be barred from entering the countries of the union and all his assets in Europe will be confiscated. According to a statement from the European Union, Hojjatullah Souri was involved in the torture, beatings, psychological and sexual harassment of Evin prisoners.

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