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 ...
Lebanese Army troops, seen here at the site of an Israeli strike in central Beirut, will have a key role in the ceasefire deal/ The Israeli cabinet will meet to discuss approval of a ceasefire to temporarily end hostilities with the Lebanese militia Hezbollah. The proposed truce would reportedly ...
Food prices soared in Gaza after the looting of nearly 100 UN aid lorries this month/ Amid severe food shortages in Gaza, increasingly violent thefts by criminal gangs are now the main obstacle to distributing supplies in the south, aid workers and locals say. They allege that armed men operate ...
The Lebanese army would be expected to increase its presence in the ceasefire zone/ Israel and Lebanon appear to be close to a ceasefire deal, with the Israeli cabinet set to meet on Tuesday to discuss it, Israeli officials say. A 60-day truce is being proposed to end fighting between Israel and ...
Rabbi Zvi Kogan was an emissary for the Chabad Lubavitch organisation in Abu Dhabi/ Authorities in the United Arab Emirates say they have identified three Uzbek nationals as the suspects arrested over the murder of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi and said they were working to determine a motive. The ...
The Sea Story reportedly departed a port near Marsa Alam on Saturday with 31 tourists and 14 others on board/ Egyptian authorities say rescuers have found survivors after a tourist boat with 45 people on board sank in the Red Sea. A distress signal was received at 05:30 local time (03:30 GMT) ...
Israel's military says around 250 rockets have been fired by Hezbollah across the border from Lebanon, marking one of the heaviest bombardments of Israel since fighting intensified in September. Several people were injured and buildings damaged in northern and central Israel, some of them near ...
Israel says it is investigating a claim by Hamas that a female hostage has been killed during Israeli operations in northern Gaza. The woman's identity was not revealed by Hamas, and it was unclear how or when she is said to have died. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was currently unable ...
Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are investigating the disappearance of an Israeli-Moldovan dual national in the UAE. Zvi Kogan, an envoy of the Orthodox Jewish organisation Chabad, has been missing since Thursday, the Israeli prime minister's office said. Israel's intelligence agency ...
A massive Israeli strike has flattened a residential building in centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The eight-storey structure was completely destroyed without warning, as people were sleeping in the capital's densely-populated Basta district, the BBC's Hugo Bachega said. At least 11 people ...
A massive Israeli strike has flattened a residential building in centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut. At least 11 people have been killed and more than 60 injured, according to Lebanon's health ministry. The eight-storey building was completely destroyed without warning by five missiles in the ...