OTTAWA — Canadian Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew on Tuesday telephoned his Iranian counterpart to demand the return of the remains of photojournalist Zahra Kazemi who died in Iranian custody. "This morning, I phoned the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran," Pettigrew told the House of Commons, a day after lambasting Teheran over its denial that the 54-year-old dual Iranian-Canadian citizen had been tortured and murdered.
Pettigrew said he told Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi that Iran should return the remains and permit an independent autopsy on Kazemi, who died in July 2003.| But it's not like they can actually do anything about it. |
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