Iran releases widow of Iranian-Canadian who died in jail: Ottawa
Iran has released the wife of an Iranian-Canadian environmental activist who died in a Tehran prison after it barred her from leaving the country for 18 months, her family and Canadian officials said on Friday. Maryam Mombeini is the widow of Kavous Seyed-Emami, an environmental activist and sociology professor who was arrested in January 2018 and died in prison the next month. Iran’s judiciary said Seyed-Emami, 63, committed suicide, an account the family says is unlikely. Mombeini, who had been prevented from departing Iran since March ...
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