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Sattar Beheshti

1977–2012

Nationality
Iran
Occupation
blogger

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Evin Prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Seyyed Sattar Beheshti (Persian: سید ستار بهشتی) was an Iranian blogger who died under suspicious and unclear circumstances in early November 2012, several days after being arrested by the Iranian Cyber Police unit for criticizing the government of the Islamic Republic on Facebook, and after making a signed complaint of being tortured while in custody. His reported death has drawn international condemnation and led to the dismissal of the commander of Iran's cybercrimes police unit.

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