Sayyed Khamenei Orders Closure of Iran Jail Holding Protesters

Iran\'s supreme leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei has ordered a jail holding protesters detained after last month\'s election to close as it is not up to required standards, a top official said on Tuesday. "The supreme leader has issued a strict order to ensure that there is no injustice committed against anyone in the aftermath of the recent events," the secretary of Iran\'s National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, said in a statement carried on the state-run English language channel Press TV.
"As an example, he has ordered the closure of a detention centre which was not up to required standards." Jalili did not specify the location of the jail. In all, up to 2,000 protestors, political activists and journalists were detained but most have since been released, official reports said.