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Posted on 12/19/2009 3:42:23 PM PST by parisa
At the height of Iran's bloody civil unrest this year, a young doctor named Ramin Pourandarjani defied his superiors. He refused to sign death certificates at a Tehran prison that he said were falsified to cover up murder.
He testified to a parliamentary committee that jailers were torturing and raping protesters, his family says. He told friends and family he feared for his life.
And on Nov. 10, the 26-year-old doctor was found dead in the military clinic where he lived and worked. ........................................................................................................
Iranian officials first blamed the doctor's death on a car accident, then a heart attack, then suicide and then poisoning, according to family members and government statements.
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In October, a few weeks before he died, both parents say Dr. Pourandarjani confided in them that he feared for his life because he refused to cover up what he had seen at the prison. He described threatening phone calls and said he was being followed.
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Security authorities prohibited the family from viewing the body or opening the kafan, the traditional funeral shroud. The funeral took place under the supervision of several security agents, the family says.
Initially, authorities refused the family's request for an autopsy. This month, because of the public outcry, the government conducted an autopsy, indicating that his last meal, prepared and delivered by the clinic where Dr. Pourandarjani had lived, contained propranolol, a blood-pressure medication that can cause cardiac arrest at high dosages. The government cites the report as evidence of possible suicide, which the family dismisses.
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*** I urge you to click on the link to the article and let WSJ know that you care to know what's happening on the human rights front in Iran.
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God rest this brave man’s soul. I pray for those in Iran who wish to overthrow this evil government.
with 45% of US doctors saying they will do early retirement or just work overseas, dems have considered the draft to force American doctors back to work. of course, how do you force a doctor to work?
physical beatings? tough call... you sort of need him in working condition
cut his pay? he was prepared to retire, so it’s a hollow threat
coercion? this will be about all you’d have. you’d have to force the doctors to work or their families will be harmed.
yea, change!
Prayers for this bave man and his family. So sad.
yea, change!
I get your point but there are a lot MORE parallels between the basket case Iran and our own obamacracy.
You see Iran too had its hopeechangee messiah some 30 years ago oh around the time that that other nincompoop leftist took power in USA.
Ever since, the Iranian Shah-derangement morons can only hold their head in shame when asked How's that change working out for ya?
Initially, authorities refused the family's request for an autopsy. This month, because of the public outcry, the government conducted an autopsy, indicating that his last meal, prepared and delivered by the clinic where Dr. Pourandarjani had lived, contained propranolol, a blood-pressure medication that can cause cardiac arrest at high dosages.
Nuts! Gotta set the DVR!
Doctor Who starts in 10 minutes!
Dr Pourandarjani showed the highest standard of medical ethics, and is now a martyr. He stood up for the rights of his patients, who were the prisoners.
parisa, thank you for the suggestion.
I sent an e-mail to Ms. Fassihi.
no good deed...
Learning from the KGB/FSB, eh?
Obviously since so many senior clerics attended Lumumba University in Moscow
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