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  • Iran: After Withholding Information, Authorities say Youth Demonstrator Died of Gunshot Wounds

    07/13/2009 10:30:35 AM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 5 replies · 346+ views
    Payvand News ^ | 07/13/09 | None stated
    Original source: http://www.iranhumanrights.org/ (12 July 2009) Iranian authorities have informed the family of Sohrab Aarabi, 19, that he died of gunshot wounds to his heart, 26 days after he disappeared during a demonstration on 15 June, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today. Aarabi's mother, Parvin Fahimi, a member of the Mothers for Peace organization, made numerous attempts to obtain information about his situation, taking his photograph to prisons, courts and other addresses. Finally, on 11 July, after the protests commemorating the "18 Tir" student demonstrations in 1999, the family was summoned by the Revolutionary Court and...