In the news today, March 22
Five stories in the news for Thursday, March 22
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SON OF IRANIAN-CANADIAN WHO DIED IN JAIL SPEAKS OUT
The son of an Iranian-Canadian professor who died in a Tehran prison says he can’t grieve his father until his mother is released to Canada. Mehran Seyed-Emami says he and his brother Ramin are in regular contact with their mother, Maryam Mombeini, and she is doing well considering the circumstances. Two weeks ago, Mombeini was blocked from boarding a flight bound for Vancouver, where she planned to start a new life with her sons. The family has disputed a claim by Iranian officials that Mombeini’s husband, Kavous Seyed-Emami, died by suicide.