Canada unjust in Kazemi case, Iranian official says
Latest Iranian probe expected to wrap up in several months CBC News · Posted: Mar 14, 2008 12:02 PM EST | Last Updated: March 14, 2008 An Iranian official leading the latest investigation into the 2003 death of Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi is accusing Ottawa of illegal and biased behaviour in the case. Javad Larijani, secretary of […]
Eyewitness feared retribution
MARINA JIMÉNEZ Published April 2, 2005 Once Dr. Shahram Azam left Iran to tell his story of how Zahra Kazemi was brutally raped and tortured inside a Tehran prison, he knew it wouldn’t take long for Iranian agents to track him down. That made his asylum request to Canada all the more urgent. “We took his […]
‘Strange marks of violence’
Graphic evidence about the death in custody of one of its citizens in Iran may finally force the Canadian government to act, writes Anne McIlroy Published By Anne McIlroy Tue 5 Apr 2005 10.11 BST Revelations about how the Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi was raped and tortured before dying in Iranian custody have increased pressure […]
Killer images
Published By Andréa Schmidt Sat 19 Nov 2005 00.02 GMT Zahra Kazemi, a Canadian photojournalist, was arrested photographing a demo in Tehran and beaten to death in prison. Now, three years on, her son is still seeking justice – and Kazemi’s photographs are creating a new political storm. Andréa Schmidt reports In the early morning […]
Doctor describes injuries to Canadian woman by Iranian authorities
CBC News · Posted: Mar 31, 2005 5:03 AM EST | Last Updated: March 31, 2005 Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi showed signs of being savagely beaten when she was brought to a Tehran hospital in 2003, said an emergency room doctor on duty at the time. Shahram Azam, a former staff physician in Iran’s defence ministry, said […]
Doctor reveals what happened to Kazemi
Arne Ruth and Haideh Daragahi Published March 31, 2005 Zahra Kazemi was accompanied by three guards and a written diagnosis of hemorrhage as a result of digestive problems. Dr. Shahram Azam soon found that she was deeply unconscious due to a skull fracture and had wounds and bruises all over her body. “The first time I set eyes […]
Tories blast PM for ‘spineless’ response to Iran
CBC News · Posted: Apr 04, 2005 4:55 PM EST | Last Updated: April 5, 2005 Conservative Leader Stephen Harper accused the Liberal government of acting in a callous and spineless way for re-establishing relations with Iran, despite knowing the details about the deadly injuries suffered by Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi. Harper’s accusations come as the doctor […]
Rape, torture and lies
ARNE RUTH and HAIDEH DARAGAHI Stockholm Special to The Globe and MailPublished March 31, 2005 Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi was savagely beaten, tortured and raped while in Iranian custody in 2003, according to an emergency-room doctor who examined her before she died. The doctor has recently received political asylum in Canada. Shahram Azam, formerly a physician on the […]
World Briefing | Americas: Canada: Journalist Was Beaten, Doctor Says
By Colin Campbell (NYT) April 1, 2005 An Iranian doctor who examined an Iranian-Canadian photojournalist, Zahra Kazemi, days before she died in police custody in Iran in 2003 said there were signs she had been beaten, tortured and raped. Dr. Shahram Azam, who was recently granted asylum in Canada after leaving Iran last year, worked […]