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Political prisoners who say they've been tortured have been kept at Evin, the prison. Four former inmates of the prison told the Associated Press the footage, which shows a solitary confinement cell, does resemble scenes from the facility. According to the Associated Press, another video shows guards beating a man in a prisoner's uniform, and many prisoners held in single-room cells.Mohammad Mehdi Hajmohammadi, the head of Iran's prison system, later acknowledged that the footage was real, and said he takes responsibility for the "unacceptable behaviors."