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 ...
Palestinians react to Gaza peace deal announcement/ The ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, announced after intense negotiations in Egypt, is a long-awaited breakthrough that brings them closer to ending the two-year-old war in Gaza. But, despite the momentum, there is no ...
The Skeik building, in a quiet road off Omar al-Mukhtar Street in western Gaza City, was a familiar sight to Gaza's lovers. The tree-lined street that ran beside it was once a favourite place for courting couples, eager to avoid Gaza's socially conservative gaze. But the road nicknamed "Lovers' ...
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled an Israeli offensive in Gaza City in recent months/ "In these two years, I lost so much," says Emaan al-Wahidi. She is living in a rented garage, struggling each day to find food and clean water, and has been displaced multiple times. Her ...
Israel's devastating military response to the 7 October attacks has destroyed most of Gaza/ After two years of war, there is a chance of a deal that will end the killing and destruction in Gaza and return the Israeli hostages, living and dead, to their families. It is an opportunity, but it is ...
Israel's foreign ministry posted a photo of Thunberg walking through Ben Gurion airport/ Israel has deported Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and 170 other pro-Palestinian activists who were detained when Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla trying to breach its naval blockade of Gaza ...
Negotiators from Israel and Hamas are heading to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to start indirect talks over an end to the Israel-Gaza war. It is the closest both sides have come to a deal since the war began two years ago - which Israel has agreed to and Hamas has partly agreed to - is really just a ...
Smoke rises following explosions in Gaza City on Sunday/ All eyes are on Egypt as indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel on the war in Gaza are set to begin on Monday, with the US and Israel pushing for the swift release of hostages. The talks come after Hamas agreed to some parts of a ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he hopes to announce the release of hostages being held in Gaza "in the coming days". In a televised statement, he also said "Hamas will be disarmed and Gaza will be demilitarised – either the easy way or the hard way, but it will be achieved". ...
People in Gaza have reacted with shock after US President Donald Trump appeared to welcome Hamas's response to his peace plan for the territory. Hundreds of Palestinians flooded my social media accounts and messaging apps with questions like: "Has the war ended?" and "Is this a dream or ...
Trump and Netanyahu met at the White House this week and unveiled the US ceasefire proposal/ Hamas agreeing to release the remaining hostages, albeit subject to negotiations and certain conditions being met, will give real hope to the family members in Israel who have been desperate for this ...