{"id":8793,"date":"2010-08-30T04:45:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T03:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/8793-aids-and-other-illnesses-spreading-in-iranian-prisons"},"modified":"2023-01-13T16:09:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:09:32","slug":"aids-and-other-illnesses-spreading-in-iranian-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/aids-and-other-illnesses-spreading-in-iranian-prisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Aids and other illnesses spreading in Iranian prisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"regime-prison\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-35718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/08\/regime-prison.jpg\" alt=\"Regime prison\" width=\"150\" height=\"108\" align=\"right\" \/>NCRI &#8211; The chairman of the Iranian regime&rsquo;s Prisons Organization admitted to a growing number of tuberculosis and Aids infections among Iranian prisoners as well as drug smuggling in the regime&rsquo;s prisons.<\/p>\n<p>The state-run media reported on Sunday that Gholam-Hossein Esmaili said 1.7 percent of the prisoners have been infected with the Aids virus and 265 inmates are suffering from tuberculosis.<\/p>\n<p>He added, &ldquo;Even after all the controls have been put in place, the Prisons Organization can never completely stop the smuggling of drugs into the prisons.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It is worth mentioning that the main culprits of smuggling drugs into prisons are the regime&rsquo;s own wardens and interrogators. 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