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| Dissident Iranian Journalist Stabbed |
| 2005-10-05 |
| Tabriz, 5 Oct. (AKI) - The Iranian journalist and activist for the rights of the minority Azera community in Iran, Masoumeh Babapour, has been found almost dead on a bridge in the south of Tabriz, the provincial capital of Iranian Azerbaijan, in the northwest of Iran. Babapour was kidnapped by four unidentified people on Monday morning while on her way to work. Her disappearance was reported by her husband, Bagher Hassanzadeh. The journalist was found with nine stab wounds on Wednesday morning lying under a bridge and in a critical condition. "In the last few weeks, my wife received various threats over the telephone, and a letter in which she was accused of being an atheist," Hassanzadeh told independent website, Tabriz News. "In the same letter, it was written that the religious authorities had already decided to pass a death sentence on Masoumeh," he added. She is currently in hospital in a coma and is still in a critical condition. |
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