Persecution of Kurdish students Iran: murdering 2 female students in less than a year A Kurdish female student at Nazloay Urumia University, western Iran, was poisoned and killed by cyanide. On Monday, Nov 10th, 2014 a Kurdish female student who was identified as 'Sheilan Roshandel', 22 years old, was poisoned with cyanide in her dormitory room. She was pronounced dead at the time of arrival at a local hospital. A source close to her family said: she was warned before by university police not to participate in political debates. This Kurdish student was studying political science. Doctors at Taleghani Hospital said her death was caused by cyanide mixed in yogurt given to her to eat. The poison affected her kidneys and after that her skin turned blue, preventing blood to reach her heart and kill her.    http://www.mojahedin.org/newsen/31528