The International Criminal Court on Monday voiced "profound alarm and deepest concern" over the reports from El-Fasher, adding that such acts "may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity".
Both teachers -- although he is retired, they were among a number of Europeans caught up in what activists and some Western governments including France describe as a deliberate strategy of hostage-taking by Iran to extract concessions from the West.
Mamdani's improbable rise highlights the Democratic Party's debate over a centrist or a leftist future, with some leading national figures offering only tepid endorsements of Mamdani ahead of voting.
Throughout a trial lasting more than two months, Patterson maintained the beef-and-pastry dish was accidentally poisoned with death cap mushrooms -- the world's most lethal fungus.