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Akbar Mohammadi

Akbar Mohammadi

1969–2006

Nationality
Iran
Occupation
writer

Akbar Mohammadi (Persian: اکبر محمدی; 30 May 1969 – 30 July 2006) was an Iranian student at Tehran University involved in the 18th of Tir crisis, also known as the July 1999 Iran student protests, Iran's biggest pro-democracy demonstrations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Evin Prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Akbar Mohammadi (Persian: اکبر محمدی; 30 May 1969 – 30 July 2006) was an Iranian student at Tehran University involved in the 18th of Tir crisis, also known as the July 1999 Iran student protests, Iran's biggest pro-democracy demonstrations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. He later died at Evin prison, causing an international outcry.

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