Iran whistleblower died from drug-laced salad

[villager]

Source: AP

Iran whistleblower died from drug-laced salad

By LEE KEATH, Associated Press Writer Lee

CAIRO – A 26-year-old doctor who exposed the torture of jailed protesters in Iran died of poisoning from a delivery salad laced with an overdose of blood pressure medication, prosecutors say. The findings fueled opposition fears that he was killed because of what he knew.

Investigators are still trying to determine whether his death last month was a suicide or murder, Tehran's public prosecutor Abbas Dowlatabadi said, according to the state news agency IRNA.

The revelations of torture against prisoners in Iran's postelection turmoil angered even government supporters and deeply embarrassed the country's clerical leadership and security forces.

Much of the abuse took place at Kahrizak, a prison on Tehran's outskirts where hundreds of opposition protesters were taken. Several there died, and the facility became so notorious that Iran's supreme leader was forced to close it down.

Ramin Pourandarjani, a doctor at Kahrizak, later testified to a parliamentary committee and reportedly told them that a young protester he treated died from severe torture. He said he was also forced by security officials to list the cause of death as meningitis, according to opposition Web sites.

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[snagglepuss]

1. Brave and honourable. May he RIP.

[PHIMG]

2. Lieberman says : "I CAN HAZ WAR NOW?" n/t

[alfredo]

3. bush made Ahmadinejad possible when he called them part of the

axis of evil. That outside threat pushed Iran to the right and killed the chances of the moderate candidates in upcoming elections.

[w4rma]

6. That's what happened. (nt)

[alfredo]

7. And we are paying for it.

[Wednesdays]

4. "...killed because of what he knew."

Ya think?

[crim son]

5. Cuz death by BP med-laced salad

is a common method of suicide, doncha know.