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To: AdmSmith
I agree.
Mortezavi is responsible and must be stood trial one day soon.
14 posted on 07/23/2003 4:06:46 AM PDT by F14 Pilot (If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.)
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Iranian-Canadian Photojournalist Buried in Iran
VOA News
23 Jul 2003, 08:26 UTC


Iran's official news agency says the Iranian-born Canadian photographer, who died while in Iranian custody, has been buried in her hometown of Shiraz.

The report said Zahra Kazemi was buried Wednesday, in the presence of a number of government officials. It did not give further details. The 54-year-old photographer died July 11, about three weeks after she was arrested for taking pictures outside a Tehran prison during last month's student-led protests. Later, a government report listed the cause of her death as a blow to the head.

Earlier this week, Iran's hard-line judiciary chief, Ayatollah Mahmoud Shahroudi, ordered the Tehran prosecutor to take legal action against those responsible for her death. The order came a day after an Iranian reformist lawmaker called for the resignation of the same prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, accusing him of complicity in the death of Ms. Kazemi.

Meanwhile, Canadian Foreign Minister Bill Graham has called for a quick legal action against those responsible for the apparent beating death of the photographer.

And, the Iranian Journalist Union has announced plans to stage a strike on August 8 to protest lack of press freedom in Iran. The Union is also planning to hold a memorial service for Ms. Kazemi.

http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=569D9631-B310-410C-ADFCA25A57BFEE27
15 posted on 07/23/2003 5:23:25 AM PDT by F14 Pilot (If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.)
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