Thursday, December 3, 2009

Iranian doctor witness to Mullahcracy tortures dies from poisoned salad

An Iranian doctor who witnessed the atrocities against the Iran protesters has died of a drug overdose. A hypertension drug, propranolol, was found in his system and traces of it were found in a salad served to the doctor. The mullahcracy has given conflicting reports of the doctor's death. First saying it was a car accident then saying it was suicide.

The Doctor's father doesn't believe it was suicide and several Iranian blogs are stating that the mullahs had the doctor killed because he knew too much. Yahoo! News

H/T: GM

CAIRO, Egypt - A doctor who blew the whistle on the torture of jailed protesters in Iran died of poisoning from an overdose of an anti-hypertension drug in his salad, prosecutors say, fueling opposition fears that he was killed because of what he knew about the abuse.[...]

The 26-year-old doctor, Ramin Pourandarjani, died on Nov. 10 in mysterious circumstances - with authorities initially saying he was in a car accident, had a heart attack or committed suicide.

Pourandarjani was a doctor at Kahrizak, a prison on Tehran's outskirts where hundreds of opposition protesters were taken after being arrested in the crackdown following June's disputed presidential elections. The facility became so notorious that it was ordered shut down by Iran's supreme leader as reports of abuse and torture became an embarassment to the clerical rulers and security forces.

Pourandarjani later testified to a parliamentary committee and reportedly told them that one young protester he treated died from heavy torture.

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