Wardens and security officers of the prison blogger Sattar Beshekhti was in have been detained. The blogger was arrested on October 30 for anti-governmental articles. Amnesty International says he was tortured to death.
US Chief Diplomat Catherine Ashton ordered a scrupulous investigation of the incident. Aladdin Borujerdi, head of the Iranian parliamentary commission for national security and foreign affairs, said about ten days ago that no physical violence had been used against the blogger.