Kavous Seyed-Emami
1953–2018
- Nationality
- Iran
- Occupation
- sociologist
Kavous Seyed-Emami (Persian: کاÙÙس سÛدا٠ا٠Û; December 24, 1953 â February 8, 2018) was a Canadian academic and conservationist.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Evin PrisonDates unknown
Biography
Kavous Seyed-Emami (Persian: کاÙÙس سÛدا٠ا٠Û; December 24, 1953 â February 8, 2018) was a Canadian academic and conservationist. Seyed-Emami ran the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF) and was a sociology professor. In February 2018, Iran's judiciary said that he killed himself while in detention in Evin Prison, Tehran, because of the evidence against him in a spying case. This claim, including the alleged suicide, has been rejected by his family. Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland offered her condolences and stated that Canada expects "the Government of Iran to provide information and answers into the circumstances surrounding this tragedy." She welcomed the return of Seyed-Emami's sons back to Canada in March 2018 and asked the Government of Iran to lift the travel ban on Seyed-Emami's spouse, Maryam Mombeini.
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