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Posted on 10/29/2003 5:02:41 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife
A Montreal photojournalist of Iranian origin, who was detained in Tehran last month on suspicion of being a spy, is brain-dead and not in a coma, her son Stephan Hachemi said yesterday. The family of Zahra Kazemi, 53, had said earlier she was beaten into a coma following her arrest while taking photographs of Evin prison in the northern part of Tehran on or about June 23. Hachemi had said Kazemi spoke with her mother in Iran to inform her of the arrest. "There was a misunderstanding," he said yesterday. "She did not talk with my grandmother after her arrest; it was before the arrest. Maybe she was taken directly to the hospital after the arrest because it was so violent and brutal." "We are not sure of anything now," Hachemi said. He said the family is trying to have a foreign doctor check on her and write a medical report on her condition.
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