Iranian
Kavous Seyed-Emami
Kavous Seyed-Emami  was managing director of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation  which seeks to protect Iranâs rare animals  and a U.S.-trained scholar in sociology.
Seyed-Emamiâs son  the Iranian musician Raam Emami  wrote on Twitter that his father was arrested on Jan. 24  and that his mother had been informed of  Emami âs death on Feb. 9. It was not immediately clear where he was tweeting from.
âThe news of my fatherâs passing is impossible to fathom â  Raam Emami  wrote. âI still canât believe this.â
On his Instagram account   Raam Emami  wrote that authorities said  his  father had committed suicide.  He  did not respond to requests for further comment.
[TGT]   was managing director of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation  which seeks to protect Iranâs rare animals  and a U.S.-trained scholar in sociology.
Seyed-Emamiâs son  the Iranian musician Raam Emami  wrote on Twitter that his father was arrested on Jan. 24  and that his mother had been informed of  Emami âs death on Feb. 9. It was not immediately clear where he was tweeting from.
âThe news of my fatherâs passing is impossible to fathom â  Raam Emami  wrote. âI still canât believe this.â
On his Instagram account   Raam Emami  wrote that authorities said  his  father had committed suicide.  He  did not respond to requests for further comment.