Canadian university professor detained in Tehran has died in custody, activists and a family member said Sunday, marking the latest suspicious death of a detainee in Iran after a crackdown on dissent following nationwide protests. They identified the professor as Kavous Seyed-Emami, a ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Mr Seyed-Emami's death has caused widespread shock in Iran Iran's judiciary says a prominent Iranian environmentalist in a Tehran prison killed himself because of the evidence against him in a spying case. Kavous Seyed-Emami, 63, who had ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Iranian-Canadian dual citizen and environmental activist imprisoned by Iranian authorities last month has died in prison, his son wrote on Twitter on Saturday. Kavous Seyed-Emami was managing director of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, which seeks to protect ...
Sociology professor, environmentalist was detained by Iranian authorities two weeks ago; some see death as suspicious/ WASHINGTON—A Canadian-Iranian environmentalist detained last month in Iran during a nationwide crackdown on civil dissent has died under suspicious circumstances in a Tehran ...
Iran’s judiciary said on Sunday an Iranian-Canadian activist had committed suicide in detention because of the weight of evidence against him in a spying case, an Iranian news agency reported. Kavous Seyed-Emami’s son on Saturday wrote on Twitter that his father, arrested on Jan. 24, had died in ...
Activists and a family member say an Iranian-Canadian university professor has died while in custody in Tehran, the latest suspicious death of a detainee after a crackdown on dissent following nationwide protests./ The New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran on Sunday identified the man ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Iranian-Canadian dual citizen and environmental activist imprisoned by Iranian authorities last month has died in prison, his son wrote on Twitter on Saturday. Kavous Seyed-Emami was managing director of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, which seeks to protect ...
Canadian academic and environmental activist has died in a Tehran prison, his son wrote in Twitter and Instagram posting on February 10. The death of Kavous Seyed-Emami, who was imprisoned by Iranian authorities in January, was reported by his son, Iranian musician Raam Emami, who said his ...
An Iranian academic and environmental activist imprisoned by Iranian authorities last month has died in prison, his son wrote on Twitter on Saturday. Kavous Seyed-Emami was the managing director of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, which seeks to protect Iran's rare animals, and a U.S ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Iranian academic and environmental activist imprisoned by Iranian authorities last month has died in prison, his son wrote on Twitter on Saturday. Kavous Seyed-Emami was the managing director of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, which seeks to protect Iran’s ...
A friend of an Iranian-Canadian academic who died in an Iranian prison disputes Tehran's claim that he took his own life./ 'It is impossible for me to even consider the possibility of him contemplating suicide'/ A friend of Kavous Seyed-Emami, an Iranian-Canadian academic who died while in ...
An Iranian academic and environmental activist believed to hold dual Canadian-Iranian citizenship has died while in prison, his son wrote on Twitter on Saturday./ Family of Kavous Seyed-Emami, believed to have been a dual Canadian-Iranian citizen, told he died Friday/ Kavous Seyed-Emami, who is ...
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