One of the detainees from recent protests died "under torture"
A Kurdish citizen named Kaveh Visani, who was arrested during recent popular protests, died under torture.
According to the Hengaw Human Rights Network, Kaveh Visani, a resident of Sanandaj and from the village of Khamsan in Kamyaran province, who was arrested by security forces on Sunday, November 16, during the recent popular protests in Sanandaj, lost his life as a result of "torture."
According to the report of this human rights organization, the body of this Kurdish citizen was found on Friday, December 6, in "Babariz" on the outskirts of Sanandaj, with visible signs of torture and bruises on his body.
Voice of America cannot independently confirm the accuracy of this news.
This is not the first time that an Iranian citizen has lost his life during detention. Previously, Javad Khosravanian, who was detained on September 29 by officers of the Khorrambid Intelligence Department, lost his life due to beatings to extract a confession.
Earlier, news of the death of Benjamin Al-Boghbish, an Ahwazi Arab citizen who was arrested by intelligence agents on June 25, 2019, along with his brother Mohammad Ali Al-Boghbish, was announced to his family by a security official on July 25. Following the release of this news, Amnesty International issued a statement calling on Iranian authorities to promptly conduct an effective and impartial investigation into the death of this prisoner.
Following the sudden increase in gasoline prices, Iran witnessed widespread protests against the Islamic Republic. On Friday, November 14, after news of the sudden increase in gasoline prices was released, protests took place in various cities in Iran, and just one day after the protests began, the Islamic Republic almost completely cut off the internet on Saturday night, November 15.
On Thursday, December 4, President Donald Trump once again supported the protests of the Iranian people and emphasized the role of the media in informing about the "terrible conditions" in Iran, saying: "The council must take action to confront the dangers that the world faces, including the behavior of the Iranian regime, which has killed hundreds and hundreds of people in a short period of time. They are killing protesters and they have cut off the internet so that the world cannot hear and see what they are saying. They do not want the media to report because the situation there is not good. The situation is very dire."
On Sunday, December 8, European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell also reacted to the recent street protests in Iran, calling for transparency from Islamic Republic authorities in announcing the number of victims and fair trials for those arrested.
Source: Voice of America
