Google Raja’i prison in Karaj (Gohardasht) for more information on this terrible place.

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Notwithstanding the truth, we are told by the clerisy that all cultures are equal.

Of course, salad in, clerisy is a word which refers to educated people considered as a group, what some call the literati or literary intelligentsia. Just who belongs to this group is yet another question.  For this group, however one defines it, the notions of culture, cultures being equal and the various issues surrounding the use of the word are immensely complex subjects. The subject of culture can not be reduced to one phrase and idea such as: "all cultures are equal." Enough for now, salad in; still I thank you for your response.-Ron in Tasmania