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The Doctor Who Defied Tehran – WSJ.com
Posted By Jacob Laksin On December 21, 2009 @ 2:18 pm In Uncategorized | 2 Comments
At the height of Iran’s bloody civil unrest this year, a young doctor named Ramin Pourandarjani defied his superiors. He refused to sign death certificates at a Tehran prison that he said were falsified to cover up murder.
He testified to a parliamentary committee that jailers were torturing and raping protesters, his family says. He told friends and family he feared for his life
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