iran-45 percent of prisoners in Iran have not been convicted – official

NCRI – Some 45 percent of inmates in Iran’s prisons have not been convicted of a crime, an official of the Tehran regime has acknowledged.

“I think 45 percent of those who enter prison have not been convicted,” the former head of prisons in Gilan Province, northern Iran, and the former advisor to the head of the state Prison Organization said. His remarks were published by the state-run news agency Tasnim on Sunday.