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Murder or Suicide
Friday 15 Feb 08
Recently, a young woman medical student was arrested in the town of Hamedan on some fake charges. She is taken to a detention centre and 24 hours later her dead body is presented to her family members. They claim that the victim hanged herself in prison. How? With the propaganda cloth placards that are abundantly found in detention centers. Now the family members of this young woman have vowed to stand up against such cruelty. We are familiar with the consequences of similar crimes in the past. The serial murders of the 1990s and the murder of Iranian Canadian journalist Zahra Kazemi that took place in prison shod the public conscience. But true to form, Iran’s security and judiciary officials ignored the public’s calls for justice...
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