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The Torture and Death of Canadian Photojournalist Zahra Kazemi...
The Iranian Student Movement Up to the Minute Reports ^ | September 26, 2003 | MEMRI

Posted on 11/21/2003 11:23:32 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife

The Torture and Death of Canadian Photojournalist Zahra Kazemi At The Hands of Iran's Judicial Authority

Memri By: Ayelet Savyon 9.26.2003

On September 22, 2003, an agent of Iran's Intelligence Ministry was charged with the murder of Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi. Commenting on the arrest, a spokesman from the prosecutor's office said "The crime is attributed to one of the [Intelligence Ministry] interrogators," and added that no government body was involved. [1]

Kazemi, of Iranian origin, was arrested on June 23, 2003 after photographing and interviewing relatives of detainees arrested during riots in Tehran. Subsequently, she was beaten to death by members of the Judiciary, Iran's judicial authority. According to the London-based Arabic daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, top Judiciary officials, as well as officials close to Iran's Supreme Leader 'Ali Khamenei, had knowledge of Kazemi's torture.

Cause of Death: Torture by Judiciary Personnel Following Kazemi's death, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat published a report from a knowledgeable Iranian source who said that a high-ranking official in the Judiciary knew the details of the "cruel torture" endured by Kazemi and that when they became known to him, he tried to shift culpability to the Intelligence Ministry.

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1 posted on 11/21/2003 11:23:33 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife
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Some journalists ARE heroes. :(
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