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Grisly truth of Iran’s torture prisons revealed in new museum recreating brutal techniques with dummies

The gruesome displays reveal the horrors suffered by prisoners of the brutal security service SAVAK

THE harrowing realities of Iran's torture prisons have been revealed in a new museum that uses dummies to recreate brutal interrogation techniques.

The grisly displays reveal the horrors suffered by prisoners of the brutal security service SAVAK, which tortured and killed thousands of the Shah's opponents before the 1979 revolution.

A mutilated wax dummy lies strapped to a bed frame at the prison turned museum
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A mutilated wax dummy lies strapped to a bed frame at the prison turned museumCredit: Barcroft Media

SAVAK, created with the assistance of the CIA, had as many as 60,000 agents in its ranks and some 8,500 prisoners passed through its "House of Detention".

Many of the dummies are trapped in solitary confinement in dark cells showing the marks of extreme violence.

Other more gruesome displays show mutilated prisoners hanging from bars, strung up above the floor or tied to iron bed frames.

One particularly disturbing scene shows a man trapped into a so-called "hot cage", which would be heated from below to intolerable temperatures.

A model of a prisoner hangs from bars surrounding the prison's central courtyard
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A model of a prisoner hangs from bars surrounding the prison's central courtyardCredit: Barcroft Media
A reconstruction of prisoners in a shared cell at the prison
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A reconstruction of prisoners in a shared cell at the prisonCredit: Barcroft Media
A portrayal of a torture scene in a SAVAK interrogation room at the prison
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A portrayal of a torture scene in a SAVAK interrogation room at the prisonCredit: Barcroft Media

Built in 1932 under Shah Reza Shah Pahlavi the prison was constructed of non-geometric walls around a large central courtyard, in a bid to disorient prisoners.

It has since been transformed into the Ebrat Museum, which educates visitors about the building's use as a pre-trial detention centre under the country's last Shah Mohammed Reza.

Suspected dissidents could spend anything from a few months to a couple of years awaiting trial at the centre.

Former prisoners include Iranian president Rafsanjani and the current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei.

Many of the dummies are sat in dark cells in solitary confinement
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Many of the dummies are sat in dark cells in solitary confinementCredit: Barcroft Media
A dummy appears to have been beaten before being left in a dark cell
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A dummy appears to have been beaten before being left in a dark cellCredit: Barcroft Media
Wax dummies portray inmates in a shared cell in the Tehran prison
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Wax dummies portray inmates in a shared cell in the Tehran prisonCredit: Barcroft Media
A wax dummy hangs from the bars of a central courtyard at the prison
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A wax dummy hangs from the bars of a central courtyard at the prisonCredit: Barcroft Media
A prisoner is placed in a torture device known as the 'hot cell'
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A prisoner is placed in a torture device known as the 'hot cell'Credit: Barcroft Media
Mug shots of former inmates including former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (far right) and current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (middle)
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Mug shots of former inmates including former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (far right) and current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (middle)Credit: Barcroft Media

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In a video Khamenei talks about his time there, focusing mainly on how he would wait each day for the brief shaft of light that would strike his cell wall and his fascination with the sound of birds.

Torturers and interrogators in the scenes wear "decadent" western ties, while female inmates have not been provided with hijabs.

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