Canada Returning Ambassador to Iran
September 29, 2003
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA -- Canada is sending its ambassador back to Iran, less than two months after withdrawing the diplomat over the country's handling of the killing of a Montreal photojournalist.
Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham said Canada needs to have a strong voice in Iran as the trial of two people accused in the death of Zahra Kazemi gets underway.
He added that the ambassador will be able to continue pressing for the return of Kazemi's body to Canada.
Kazemi, a Canadian born in Iran, was arrested in June taking photos outside a Tehran prison. After days of interrogation, she was rushed to hospital where she died two weeks later.
Graham also said Canada needs a voice in Iran as the world monitors that country's controversial nuclear program.
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