TEHERAN - Iranâs hardline judiciary will soon Last July a Teheran court acquitted an intelligence agent accused of giving the journalist a mortal blow to the head while she was in custody two years ago, and family lawyers have set their sights on bringing to justice a judiciary official they say is the real killer. âWe predict that the defendant will be cleared,â Mohammad Ali Dadkhah said of the intelligence agent.
| Gee, whoda thunk? |
Kazemi, who was 54, died in custody in Teheran in July 2003 after being arrested for photographing a demonstration outside a Teheran prison. Family lawyers have accused the judiciary of a cover-up, a charge backed by Ottawa. Iranâs government has acknowledged that Kazemi was violently beaten in prison, although the judiciary has also said she may have died after
Among the lawyers for the Kazemi family is Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, who has already denounced the courtâs alleged refusal to comply with calls for the investigation to be widened. Ebadi has vowed to âfollow this case until my dying dayâ and âuse all means, domestic and internationalâ.
| Don't buy any life insurance, Shirin. |
| But that's all better now, right Mr. Martin? |