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Charlie Jones

Iranian doctor dies after being tortured for treating anti-government protesters

A female A&E doctor who defied Iran's authoritarian regime by treating protesters has died, after she was reportedly tortured, including havingone eye being pulled out.

Victim Dr Aida Rostami disappeared after a hospital shift in Tehran and when her family called the police, they claimed she had been killed in a car accident.

But when they tracked down her body at the morgue of Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery, they found it covered in bruises.

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