Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesUN officials have urged the Iranian government to respect the work of environmental activists following the death in custody last week of wildlife campaigner, Kavous Seyed Emami. The Canadian government has also pressed Iran for answers about the death of one of their dual-national citizens. We are closely following these cases in Iran and urge that the work of environment defenders – both in Iran and around the world – be promoted and respected,” said UN Environment head, Erik Solheim. She returned to Iran, her birthplace, last June to join the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation. Gary Lewis, the former head of the UN mission in Iran tweeted that Emami was a “good man who loved #nature, and Iran.

Source: The Guardian February 15, 2018 06:56 UTC