Ignoring Iran's crimes against humanity bolsters ayatollahs 10/2/2017 6:34:54 PM Remember the 1998 Massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran” BY SOONA SAMSAMI The  Hill, October 2, 2017  - For 40 days, 22 political prisoners staged a hunger strike in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, 30 miles west of the Iranian capital of Tehran. Most are serving sentences for dubious political charges. In dire circumstances, they were only demanding their return back to bad conditions. Their health deteriorated; international intervention was literally non-existent, limited to a few expressions of concern, but no practical measures to compel the Iranian regime to stop its inhumane treatment of prisoners of conscience. Amnesty International’s Deputy Middle East and North Africa Director Magdalena Mughrabi said the protest “highlighted the urgent need for reforms to Iran’s cruel prison system.” In other words, the situation in Gohardasht reflected the much l...