Canadian-Iranian Activist Kavous Seyed Emami Dies in Tehran Prison
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 prison, his family said Saturday.
Kavous Seyed Emami, a 63-year-old environmental activist and sociology professor at Iran’s Imam Sadegh University, was detained by Iranian authorities two weeks ago in Tehran as security forces worked to quash simmering protests that have tested the government’s grip on power.
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