Man who exposed torture died of poisoning

A 26-YEAR-OLD doctor who exposed the torture of jailed protesters in Iran died of poisoning from a delivery salad laced with an overdose of blood pressure medication, prosecutors say.

The findings fuelled opposition fears he was killed because of what he knew.

Investigators are trying to determine if his death last month was a suicide or murder, Tehran’s public prosecutor Abbas Dowlatabadi said.

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