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| Iran points to journalist ’murder’ | |
| 2003-07-30 | |
| Iran’s Vice-President, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, has said Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, who died in custody in Iran, was probably murdered. He used the "M" word, guess they’ve picked a fall guy. The Iranian authorities have already said the journalist was beaten to death after being arrested for taking photographs outside a prison in Tehran, but these latest comments appear to go further. Speaking after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Mr Abtahi said: "The high possibility is that her murder was caused by a haemorrhage caused by a blow." The development comes as an Iranian newspaper reported the mother of Ms Kazemi as saying she had been forced against her will to agree to her daughter’s burial in Iran. We guessed this was the case. Ezzet Kazemi told the Yas-e No newspaper she was pressured to agree to a burial in Iran because the Iranian authorities wanted to get rid of the body as quickly as possible. "I don’t know what the reason for her death was, only God knows," Mrs Kazemi said. "All I want is for the killer of my daughter to suffer the same fate as my child. I want this person to be executed." This has become too high profile a case for there not to be a execution. The only question will be who.
Meet the fall guys. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 What, no arresting of the Minister for Punishment Footwear? I'm shocked! |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-7-30 12:33:48 PM |