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                  France, UK Question Iranian Blogger's Death

   by VOA News

   France and Britain are calling on Iran to explain the death in
   detention of an anti-government blogger who opposition activists say
   had been tortured.
   Activists say Sattar Beheshti, 35, was arrested in his home in late
   October, and that his family was asked on Wednesday to pick up his body
   from a detention center in Tehran.
   In his last posting before being arrested, Beheshti wrote that security
   services had threatened him -- saying his mother "would soon be wearing
   black" if he continued speaking out.
   Officials in France and Britain said they were shocked by reports of
   Beheshti's death. The British Foreign Office said it appeared to be
   another attempt to crush any form of free expression in Iran.
   Iranian officials have not commented on his detention or cause of
   death. Beheshti's sister, Fatima, told Voice of America's Persian News
   Network that her brother did not have any history of illnesses.
   Human rights groups Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders
   are also calling on Iran to release details of his death.
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