IRAN - Sept. 22 - Agent Killed Journalist.Judge Javad Esmaeili, investigating the July 10 killing of Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi Zahra "Ziba" Kazemi-Ahmadabadi (زهرا کاظمی احمدآبادی in Persian) (1949 – July 11, 2003) was an Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer, residing in Montreal, , charges an Intelligence Ministry agent with her "semi-premeditated murder". (The agent, identity not revealed, was one of two Intelligence Ministry officials previously implicated im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. in Kazemi's death. But the prosecutor's office rejected those charges on Sept. 1 and called for another investigation. Kazemi, 54, died 3 weeks after being detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: for taking photographs outside a Tehran prison during student-led protests. After 77 hours of interrogation interrogation In criminal law, process of formally and systematically questioning a suspect in order to elicit incriminating responses. The process is largely outside the governance of law, though in the U.S. , she was rushed to a hospital, where she died 14 days later). |
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