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 ...
According to Unicef, more than 97% of schools in Gaza were damaged or destroyed during the war/ In Gaza City, the sound of children learning can be heard once again. The tents that now serve as classrooms are noisy and a little chaotic but lively. Some teachers point to boards covered in English ...
Southern Transitional Council leader Aidarous al-Zubaidi seeks independence for south Yemen/ The Saudi-backed presidential council in Yemen has expelled the leader of a separatist group and charged him with treason after he failed to fly to Riyadh for talks. Six other members of the presidency ...
In this photograph released on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, by the official website of the Iranian Army, Iran's army chief Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami speaks to military academy students, in Tehran, Iran. (Masoud Nazari Mehrabi/Iranian Army via AP)/ An interactive map of protests in Iran from December 29, ...
Video showed riot police firing tear gas to disperse a protest in Tehran's Grand Bazaar/ At least 36 people have been killed during the last 10 days of protests across Iran, a human rights group has said. The foreign-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported that 34 of those ...
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Polk County mother recently confronted one of a parent’s worst nightmares: a sexually explicit video of her teenage son and a 43-year-old woman. She discovered the video on her son’s phone in December and immediately recognized the woman as Marie Ibarra, a friend of ...
Protests have broken out in at least 17 of Iran's 31 provinces, presenting the largest challenge to the country's clerical establishment since 2022, a BBC Verify and BBC Persian analysis has found. The BBC's analysis of protests includes only those for which we have verified video footage - the ...
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla., as Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)/ President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. ...
A couple visits memorial crosses in front of Robb Elementary School, as U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces the results of a review into the law enforcement response to a 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal/ Former Uvalde Chief of ...
A reputable leaker has indicated that NVIDIA plans on bringing the RTX 3060 back to market, Why is the world's most valuable company reportedly bringing back such an antiquated graphics card? You know the answer. It's the endless gaping maw known as AI. Tech companies have been hoovering up PC ...
The protests have spread from Tehran to other cities across the country/ Iran is no stranger to street protests, but several factors surrounding the current unrest make it very serious. Monday marks the ninth day since demonstrations broke out, yet even four or five days were enough for ...