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Gatch gereftani
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Synopsis Gatch gereftani (Persian, "to receive plaster") was a method of torturous execution used in Persia and Iran until approximately one hundred years ago. The naked prisoner was bound upright to a stake, and a small wall of plaster was built around him, flush against the skin. The resultant structure was roughly in the shape of a frustum. The prisoner's head extended above the height of the structure. As the plaster set in the sun, the pressure of the expanding material against the prisoner's chest and diaphragm made it increasingly difficult to breathe, until the prisoner expired from asphyxiation. It is recorded that jackals or other scavengers would generally devour the protruding heads, after which the structure was paved over to complete the tomb. Prisoners executed by gatch gereftani were occasionally used to adorn the roofs of government buildings in the time of . |
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