21 Dec 2024
Thursday 15 February 2018 - 15:09
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Iran president orders probe into prison suicides

AP Irans semi-official ISNA news agency is reporting that the countrys president has ordered an investigation into recent suicides at some detention centers.

The Wednesday report said President Hassan Rouhani ordered the ministers of Interior, Intelligence and the Judiciary and the countrys vice president for citizenship rights to report the results directly to him.

The order comes after an Iranian-Canadian university professor, Kavous Seyed-Emami, killed himself in custody.

Iran said he had conveyed information on the countrys missile bases to the CIA and Israels Mossad.

Earlier in January, at least two detainees committed suicide in custody following protests across the country over the economy.
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