Iran has suspended three senior judiciary officials over their alleged links to the torture and killing of three anti-government protesters in prison.

Iran’s judiciary has acknowledged that at least three prisoners detained after the disputed presidential election died as a result of physical beatings by their jailers.

An Iranian pathologist found that the son of a prominent conservative politician’s adviser died from beatings and poor prison conditions, it was reported.

IRAN has announced that the first trials of post-election protesters will begin this weekend, as anger grew even among some government supporters over abuse of those detained in the more than six-week-old crackdown.