The family of an environmentalist who died in an Iranian prison have called for a post-mortem, their lawyer said Tuesday, rejecting claims by officials that they had accepted the explanation of suicide. “The family has put in a request for a post-mortem,” Arash Keikhosravi, lawyer for the family of Iranian-Canadian Kavous Seyed Emami, told the reformist Shargh newspaper. He said the coroner’s office had also put in a routine request for a post-mortem. Asked about the family’s reaction to the film, their lawyer said: “There are scenes showing Mr Seyed Emami in his solitary cell. “Apparently it has been thought that Mr Seyed Emami committed suicide there but there is not enough evidence.”Seven other members of the wildlife NGO are still behind bars.

Source: Egypt Independent February 13, 2018 06:56 UTC