Judge Orders Intelligence Agent Freed

The Iranian Student Movement Up to the Minute Reports ^ | 10-13-03 | Ali Akbar Dareini

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Judge Orders Intelligence Agent Freed

October 13, 2003 The Associated Press /Ali Akbar Dareini

TEHRAN -- A judge on Monday ordered an Iranian intelligence agent charged in the murder of an Iranian-Canadian photojournalist to be freed on bail. Lawyer Ghasem Shabani said his client, Mohammad Reza Aghdam Ahmadi, would be released Tuesday after posting the equivalent of about $50,000 Cdn bail.

On the first day of his open trial last Tuesday, Ahmadi pleaded not guilty to charges in the death of photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, 54, who died July 10 after suffering fatal head injuries during 77 hours of interrogation after her June 23 detention.

Ahmadi is charged with "semi-premeditated murder," meaning he did not intend to kill Kazemi but that his actions led to her death.

Shabani told The Associated Press that Judge Rasoul Ghanimi accepted his argument that Ahmadi should be in custody only if charged with deliberate murder, and not the semi-premeditated murder count he faces.

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