Suicide Probe Opened after Iranian Found Dead in France’s Rhone River

A local resident lays flowers during tribute to an Iranian man who killed himself after jumping into the Rhone river to raise awareness about the situation of the Iranian people, in Lyon on December 27, 2022. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)

French authorities were Tuesday investigating as suicide the drowning of an Iranian man in the southeastern city of Lyon who had said on social media he was going to kill himself to draw attention to the protest crackdown in Iran.

Mohammad Moradi, 38, was found in the Rhone river that flows through the center of Lyon late on Monday, a police source, who asked not to be named, told AFP.