The head of Iraq’s largest journalism organization has died four days after he was shot in Baghdad. Shihab al-Tamimi was seventy-four years old. He was an independent journalist known as an outspoken opponent of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq. Al-Tamimi’s nephew, Alaa, said his uncle was deliberately murdered.

Alaa Al-Tamimi: “It was an assassination attempt on his life and his son’s life. He received a call on his mobile asking him to come to the Hiwar Gallery, and on the way gunmen opened fire on them.”

More than 170 journalists and support workers have been killed in Iraq since the US invasion of 2003.