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Iranian Court Acquits Gov. Agent in Killing of Photojournalist

HeadlineJul 26, 2004

In news from iran, a court in Tehran acquitted the only defendent in the death of an Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi. Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, chief lawyer for the mother of Kazemi, announced the decision on Saturday. She called the ruling unfair and said her legal team will bring the case to the appeals court and to international courts if necessary. Kazemi died from a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage in July 2003 while being held for taking photographs outside a Tehran prison during student-led protests against the Iranian government. The government agent charged with killing Kazemi pleaded innocent July 17 and the trial was abruptly ended the next day.

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