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| Iranian official beat Kazemi with shoe |
| 2003-07-17 |
| A Montreal-based photojournalist who died of a brain hemorrhage in an Iranian hospital was beaten about head with a shoe by a high-ranking Iranian official, the French newspaper Liberation reported today. The newspaper, quoting unnamed sources, said Said Mortazavi, an official with the ruling Islamic government in Tehran, used his shoe to deliver the blows to Zahra Kazemi. He had apparently been questioning Kazemi, who had been arrested for taking pictures of an Iranian prison. A high-ranking fall guy. Kazemi fell into a coma and was transported to a detention centre run by revolutionary guards before she was taken to hospital three days later, the newspaper said. If she had gone straight to the hospital they may have been able to save her life. Bet they wish they had done that now. Kazemi, 54, a freelance photographer from Quebec, was arrested in Tehran on June 23 and branded a spy for taking photos of a prison during student-led protests against the ruling Islamic establishment. Kazemi held Iranian and Canadian citizenship. Her only son, Stephan Hachemi of Montreal, said Wednesday his mother "won’t be buried in the land of the people who murdered her." Differing reports on how she died took over from days of confusion about whether or not her body had been buried and doubts still linger about that. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 What will the Canadian Government's reaction be to the murder of a citizen by officials of a foreign government? I predict the Canadians will apologize for her unfair reporting....grrrr. |
| Posted by: Jabba the Nutt 2003-7-17 11:05:48 PM |