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Letter to Iranian Authorities Concerning the Suspicious Death of Dr. Ramin Pourandarjani
In a letter to Iranian authorities, human rights organizations expressed their serious concerns for the recent suspicious death of Dr. Ramin Pourandarjani, a physician who worked at Kahrizak detention center.
Scores of protestors were detained and held and Kahrizak where they were allegedly tortured and ill treated, at least four detainees died in Kahrizak. Iranian authorities have promised to investigate the ill treatment of detainees at Kahrizak but so far no public announcements about prosecution of those responsible has been made.
Amnesty International, Physicians for Human Rights, and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran called on the Iranian authorities to allow for an independent investigation of Pourandarjani's death who was reportedly witness to some of the events that took place in Kahrizak.
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