of Kavous Seyed Emami Iranian academics demand answers from president over death of jailed activist 2/13/2018 8:57:02 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print Stop execution in Iran Hassan Rouhani  urged to investigate alleged suicide of Kavous Seyed Emami The Guardian, 12 Feb 2018  - Leading academics in Iran have written to the regime's president, Hassan Rouhani, to demand answers after officials said a renowned environmentalist had killed himself in prison. Officials told the family of Kavous Seyed Emami, the 63-year-old founder of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, that he had killed himself two weeks after he was arrested – a claim that has been met with widespread skepticism. “The news of the death of Dr Kavous Seyed Emami has astounded and shocked the scientific community and the environmental activists of the country,” four academic societies wrote in an open letter to Rouhani.  “In addition to being a well-known profes...