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Iran authorities embarrassed by hacked CCTV prison videos

The hacked videos that show various moments of abuse continue to trickle in and have drawn a rare apology from the country's top prison official.
Evin Prison

A hacker group is releasing surveillance footage from the very inside of Iran's notorious Evin prison in what seems to be an unprecedented cyberattack against the Islamic Republic's heavily guarded jail system.

The group identified as "Ali's Justice" has been releasing the videos since Sunday, promising to feed the media even more. The videos show moments of extreme abuse, with prisoners being severely beaten by guards and forcibly dragged on the floors. In one case, an inmate is seen using a broken mirror to cut his veins in self-harm or apparent suicide inside a common bathroom before being rescued by fellow prisoners. In another incident, which has particularly enraged Iranians on social media, a cleric is seen stepping over an inmate who is lying motionless in a doorway.

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