[parisa]

Bloody murder at the hands of their own gov't is happening each and every day in Iran w/ impunity. There is no one there to help.

*** 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.

[SolidWood]

Ping!

[ohiogrammy]

God rest this brave man’s soul. I pray for those in Iran who wish to overthrow this evil government.

[dr_who]

Iranians are only beginning to figure out the value of Islamic republican virtues. If minor people who are critical of the government going missing and then turning up dead in alleys doesn't scream "representative democracy" I don't know what does. That's why it's so important that the major democracies of the world treat the Iranian regime with respect and courtesy that it deserves instead of judging it.

[sten]

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!

[Bigg Red]

Prayers for this bave man and his family. So sad.

[SunkenCiv]

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.

[Tanniker Smith]

The Doctor Who

Nuts! Gotta set the DVR!
Doctor Who starts in 10 minutes!

[BlackVeil]

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.

[sionnsar]

*** 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.

parisa, thank you for the suggestion.

[sionnsar]

In Iran, protestors now carry the doctor's picture in street marches and chant his name along with that of Neda Agha Soltan, the young woman whose shooting death in June was captured on video and broadcast world-wide. A popular new slogan at some marches: "Our Neda is not dead, Our Ramin is not dead, it's the Supreme Leader who is dead," a reference to Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

[sionnsar]

I sent an e-mail to Ms. Fassihi.

[VOA]

no good deed...