NEW SUSPICIOUS MURDER IN IRAN PRISONS, DECLARE COMMITTING SUICIDE BY KAVOOSE SAYED EMAMI,A PROFESSOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST BEARING DUAL CANADIAN-IRANIAN NATIONALITY
By Mahdavi Nasim
Iran entered the New Year with nationwide protests sweeping across 75 cities and towns. The demonstrations initially focused on Iran’s poor economy despite its nuclear deal with world powers, but quickly spiraled into chants directly challenging Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and their government.
Authorities arrested nearly 8,000 people in the crackdown that followed, At least 52 people were killed in clashes surrounding the demonstrations.
Regime killed a number of detainees under torture among them Dr. Kavous Seyed Emami, 64, a sociologist and university professor, was arrested on January 24, 2018 and the criminal henchmen informed his family on February 8, that he had committed suicide in prison. Mr. Seyed Emami, author of several books and research papers on the environment and former director general of the Parsian Heritage Wildlife Organization was arrested along with a group of environmental activists. Like other detainees in this file, he was deprived of the right to have a lawyer and meeting with his family.
In recent weeks, at least 12 persons detained during the uprising have been murdered under torture. But the regime has declared the cause of their death as "suicide" or "non-availability of narcotics" or "the excess use of narcotics".
The death is drawing comparisons to the 2003 case of Iranian-Canadian photographer Zahra Kazemi, who was charged with espionage and then raped, tortured and beaten to death in Evin prison. Her death led to an escalation of tensions between Canada and Iran.
It's a common practice to kill people under torture in the clerical regime There are numerous cases of killing people under torture this death can be compare to the 2003 case of Zahra Kazemi, a Canadian-Iranian journalist was arrested in front of Evin prison for photographing the gatherings of some families of prisoners and died suspiciously in prison Her death led to an escalation of tensions between Canada and Iran and the mullahs regime did not allow his family to autopsy and the body to be returned to the Canada.
“The authorities’ refusal to allow an independent investigation into the extremely suspicious death of Dr Seyed-Emami smacks of a deliberately orchestrated attempt to cover up any evidence of torture and possible murder. He was detained in Evin prison where detainees are held under constant surveillance and stripped of all personal possessions. It would have been near impossible for him to commit suicide”.
But the most frustrating act is the silence of the international community against the killing of political prisoners under torture, which is undoubtedly a clear indication of crime against humanity, has emboldened the wicked regime of Velayat-e Faqih (Islamic Jurisprudence) in using torture against prisoners. What Iranian people want? Iranian people demand the United Nations Secretary-General, the Security Council, and the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and other human rights organizations, as well as the European Union and its member states, not to allow the clerical regime to continue with such horrible crimes by adopting binding measures. Relations with this medieval regime must be contingent on stopping torture and executions in Iran, and an international panel should be set up to investigate the deteriorating situation of prisons and prisoners, especially political prisoners in Iran.
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