{"id":12669,"date":"2013-01-12T11:31:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T11:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/12669-iran-student-activist-murdered-under-torture"},"modified":"2023-01-14T06:35:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T05:35:15","slug":"iran-student-activist-murdered-under-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-student-activist-murdered-under-torture\/","title":{"rendered":"IRAN: Student activist murdered under torture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"keramatollah-zaerian\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-39238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/01\/keramatollah-zaerian.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"margin: 5px;float: left\" width=\"157\" height=\"200\" \/>NCRI &#8211; A student activist has been murdered under torture by agents of the Iranian regimes\u2019 Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), a students\u2019 news website reported on Friday, January 11, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Keramatollah Za\u2019reian, 27, was studying theatre directing at Tehran University.\u00a0 Prior to his last arrest in November, he had been arrested three times for his active participation in 2009 uprisings.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One month after the arrest, after killing him under torture, the MOIS agents took his body to his residence in Tehran. They placed Keramatollah\u2019s corpse in bathtub and left the hot water running. Four days later, the neighbors noting the water leaks and odor, contacted the fire department.\u00a0\u00a0 Keramatollah\u2019s body was decomposed to an extent that was difficult to identify or transport.<\/p>\n<p>The medical examiner\u2019s report described the cause of death to be severe torture and spinal cord injury. <br \/>Tehran\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence offered the student\u2019s family large sums of money to not to file a lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Keramatollah\u2019s family was told that he had insulted the Supreme Leader and that it was a favor that they return his body to them. 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