Iran's academic community was in shock over the death of Kavous Seyed Emami, 63, one of the country's most revered professors and head of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation. A source close to the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation told AFP that the other seven were still in jail. Morad Tahbaz, an Iranian-American businessman who was a member of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation board, is also in detention. Mahmoud Sadeghi, an outspoken lawmaker, had claimed a 23-year-old protester named Sina Ghanbari died in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison. Ali Shakourirad, head of the reformist Islamic Union Party, tweeted that the death "has caused a wave of questions and concerns among the public".

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 11, 2018 10:41 UTC