<br clear="all"><a href="http://en.irangreenvoice.com/article/2012/nov/06/3860">http://en.irangreenvoice.com/article/2012/nov/06/3860</a><br><br>Sattar Beheshti was <a href="http://en.irangreenvoice.com/article/2012/nov/06/3856">arrested</a>
<b>by Iran’s cyber police on national security charges</b> on 30 October.
After raiding his home and violently arresting the young activist, the
security forces confiscated his personal belongings, including his
computer and handwritten note<b>s.</b><br><h1 class="title">Activist Sattar Beheshti dies under torture in Iran's Evin Prison</h1>
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<span class="submitted">created 11/06/2012 - 21:06, updated 11/06/2012 - 21:30</span>
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<p>
GVF — Exactly a week after his <a href="http://en.irangreenvoice.com/article/2012/nov/06/3856">arrest</a>
by Iran’s cyber police, labour activist Sattar Beheshti has died as a
result of torture at the hands of his captors, according to opposition
reports.</p>
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<em>Kaleme</em>, a site close to Green Movement leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, said on Tuesday that Beheshti had died under torture.</p>
<p>
The Beheshti family were reportedly contacted by the authorities on
Tuesday morning and told that they were to refer to Evin Prison to
receive the 35 year-old’s body.</p>
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The website said it could not confirm Beheshti’s death because prison
authorities had not yet handed over his body to the family.</p>
<p>
“According to eyewitnesses who had spoken to family members held at Evin
Prison, Beheshti had been severely beaten and tortured while under
interrogation. Bruises and torture marks were noticeable on the
political prisoner’s body, face and head,” <em>Kaleme</em> added.</p>
<p>
Beheshti’s sister told <em>Kaleme</em> that her husband was contacted by the authorities and told to “prepare” Beheshti’s mother for the news.</p>
<p>
“They told him to buy a grave, and to collect the body tomorrow [7
November]. That’s it! We know nothing else. We don’t know why they
killed him, or what exactly happened [to him]. We don’t know what
happened. My brother was well when he left the house. He left on his own
two feet. Everyone saw that he was healthy. My brother didn’t even take
headache pills.”</p>
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“They told [us] not to give interviews to anyone,” she went on to add.</p>
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“They said he had heart problems!”</p>
<p>
Sattar Beheshti was <a href="http://en.irangreenvoice.com/article/2012/nov/06/3856">arrested</a>
by Iran’s cyber police on national security charges on 30 October.
After raiding his home and violently arresting the young activist, the
security forces confiscated his personal belongings, including his
computer and handwritten notes.</p>
<p>
Beheshti was a worker in the city of Robat Karim, 25 kilometers
southwest of the nation’s capital Tehran. He was his family’s only
breadwinner and was reportedly active on the social networking site <em>Facebook</em>.</p>
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Launched in January 2011, Iran’s cyber police has been an important
element in the state’s relentless crackdown on online activism.</p><br><br><br>-- <br><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"></span></span> <font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Brett Solomon</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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