Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi

Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi, a 59-year-old citizen of Iran, died in ICE custody on March 1, 2026, at Merit Health Hospital in Natchez, Mississippi. He had been held at the Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Angola, Louisiana.

From court records, news reporting, and linked sources below.

  1. Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi, a 59-year-old citizen of Iran, died in ICE custody on March 1, 2026, at Merit Health Hospital in Natchez, Mississippi.
  2. He had been held at the Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Angola, Louisiana.

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