Jul 12, 2003

Death of Iranian-Canadian Photojournalist

Zahra Kazemi, an Iranian-Canadian photojournalist who was covering the recent protests in Tehran, died today in a Tehran hospital, after several days in a coma. According to Kazemi's son, she was arrested and beaten after being accused of "spying" after "taking pictures of a prison in the capital".... more on this from Prsianblogger, Read Hoder's post on this.