(26 Aug 2009) SHOTLIST
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Tehran, Iran - 26 August 2009
1. Wide of exterior of Masih Daneshvari hospital, where Iraqi cleric and leader of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim was being treated for lung cancer
2. Close of sign reading: (Farsi) "Masih Daneshvari Hospital"
3. Cars driving out of hospital gate
4. Wide of exterior of hospital
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FILE: Tehran, Iran - 13 November 2007
5. Iraqi cleric and leader of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim walking into room and embracing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
6. Cutaway of cameramen and photographers
7. Mid of al-Hakim in meeting
8. Hakim and Ahmadinejad talking
9. Close of al-Hakim
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Baghdad, Iraq - 26 August 2009
10. Wide of people gathering at Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq headquarters to offer condolences over the death of leader, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
11. Senior Iraqi officials arriving
12. People greeting each other as they arrive
13. Various of people seated on chairs
14. Wide of hall with people sitting on chairs
15. People sitting in silence
16. Close of man crying
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Mahdi, Shiite Lawmaker:
"He and his family, his brothers and his sons, offered everything they had for the sake of Iraq.''
18. Wide of people outside building
19. Traffic on road
20. People walking in street
21. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ziyad Abed Ali, Baghdad Resident:
"His death is a tragic loss for the Iraqi people. He was a key and prominent religious and political figure in this country."
22. Wide of street
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Najaf, Iraq - 26 August 2009
23. Various of holy Shiite shrine of Imam Ali
24. Various of people on streets
25. Various of interior of Imam Ali Shrine
26. Close-up of photograph of al-Hakim in shrine
27. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abu Zahra, Najaf resident, vox pop:
"We extend our condolences to the Islamic nation and the Iraqi people for the death of Abdul-Aziz whose life was spent striving for truth and knowledge and who comes from a revered clerical family.''
28. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Muntadhir al-Saraj, Najaf resident, vox pop:
"Faith and truth do not die just because the leader has passed on. The nation will continue to live on and march forward.''
29. Wide of street
STORYLINE
Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the scion of a revered clerical family who rode the rise of Shiite power in Iraq to become one of the country's most powerful political figures, died on Wednesday at the age of 59.
Senior clerics from al-Hakim's party said he died after being hospitalised in a critical condition in Tehran where he was being treated for lung cancer.
Iranian state television also reported that al-Hakim died from lung cancer.
Al-Hakim wielded enormous influence since the 2003 US invasion as head of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, maintaining close ties to both the Americans and his Iranian backers.
A longtime leader of a Shiite rebel group that fought Saddam's rule, he was seen by many Shiites as the embodiment of the victory that ended decades of brutal repression under Saddam and restored what they see as their rightful place as the country's leaders.
News of his death dominated the airwaves in Iraq.
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