Iran's president orders probe after activists allege police tortured man to death

Dubai, UAE — Iran's president ordered an investigation Thursday into the death of a man in custody after activists alleged he had been tortured to death by police officers in the country's north, the latest such fatality to gain the nation's attention. The order came from reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian, elected last month, who campaigned on a promise to halt such deaths in custody. In 2022, the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the morality police for allegedly not wearing her headscarf correctly...