Posted on 05/06/2006 4:38:02 AM PDT by nuconvert
Jailed Iranian-Canadian now in hospital, friend told
Thu, 04 May 2006
CBC News
A friend says former University of Toronto professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, an Iranian-Canadian detained in a prison in Tehran since last week, has been transferred to a hospital.
Shahram Kholdi told CBC News on Thursday his contacts in Iran alerted him that Jahanbegloo is in hospital.
He is not sure whether the hospital is within the Evin prison, where the writer and philosopher was being held, or is a separate institution.
Kholdi, who is based in Manchester, England, said his contacts had no information about his friend's condition.
Jahanbegloo's family and friends fear he has been tortured.
Evin is the prison that Montrealer Zahra Kazemi was trying to photograph when she was arrested on June 23, 2003. Kazemi was beaten so badly by interrogators that she died.
Her death caused a diplomatic rift between Canada and Iran. Canada has been demanding that those responsible be brought to justice.
No details on charge against ex-prof
An Iranian judiciary official confirmed Wednesday that Jahanbegloo was imprisoned last week.
The official said charges wouldn't be announced until after Jahanbegloo had been interrogated.
In recent weeks, Jahanbegloo has criticized the country's leadership and challenged Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement that the Holocaust never happened.
Jahanbegloo, who holds dual Iran and Canadian citizenship, was a professor at the University of Toronto from 1997 to 2001
This is an update to story posted here.........
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626235/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627152/posts
People are sent to hospital in and outside of the prison system after they've been tortured.
I hope the Canadian gov't does something about this soon
update pong
More about Dr. Jahanbegloo by his friend, Shahram Kholdi and what is being done to help him, here........
http://freethoughts.org/archives/000812.php
Canada is doing its part in the War on Islamo-fascism in other countries, but maybe Canada will contribute a few men to assist the Coalition in Iran, too. A brigade, battalion or even a company can be of great help, as we have no tactical or language barriers.
This is a real serious test for PM Harper.
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