Iran youth protests polls, beaten to death
August 31st, 2009 - 9:26 pm ICT by IBNSIran, Aug 31 (IBNS) A 25-year-old Iranian youth, who was jailed for protesting the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has been allegedly beaten to death, reported semi-official news agency.
A source from coroner’s office has confirmed to Mehr news agency on Monday, that Mohsen Ruholamini, who was arrested during a July 9 post-election demonstration against the President, died from ‘repeated blows received in jail’.
“A coroner’s commission on August 16 reached its final finding indicating that the cause of Ruholamini’s death was physical stress, bad detention conditions and repeated blows, including one from a hard object,” the source said.
“Ruholamini was kept in Kahrizak detention centre and while he was in an inappropriate physical condition, he was on his way to Evin prison where his condition deteriorated. Before being admitted to Evin, he was taken to a hospital but he died.” the source told Mehr.
However, Iran government officials denied the allegation and said the youth ‘died of meningitis’.
Mohsen’s father Abdolhossein Ruholamini was a senior campaign advisor for defeated presidential candidate Mohsen Rezai, the former head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps.
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