(25 Jul 2003)
APTN
Shiraz, 25 July 2003
1. Al-Reza mosque in Shiraz where the memorial took place.
2. Condolence banners written by friends of Kazemi
3. Bunch of flowers
4. Entrance of the mosque
5. People inside the mosque
6. Kazemi's stepfather
7. Various of people inside the mosque
8. Kazemi's stepfather
9. Clergyman making speech
10. Kazemi's stepfather
11. Kazemi's mother mourning
12. Various of women mourning
13. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Zahra Kazemi's mother:
"I do not want to complain against any one. I do not want anything. The only request that I have is for them to find the murderer of my child. She was innocent."
14. Various of mosque interior
15. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Zahra Kazemi's mother:
"Where she was buried is not important to me. It made no difference whether she would be buried in Iran or in Canada. The only thing I want to find is her murderer."
16. Various shots of women
17. Various shots of Astane graveyard in Shiraz, Kazemi's birthplace where she was buried.
CBC
File, 12 July 2003
18. Various shots of Kazemi's passport and photo
APTN
Tehran, 25 July 2003
19. Various shots of Canadian Embassy
STORYLINE:
The first of three memorials was held in Iran on Friday for the Canadian-Iranian photojournalist who died from beatings sustained in custody.
Zahra Kazemi, 54, was detained for taking photographs outside a Tehran prison during last month's student-led anti-government protests.
Kazemi's stepfather was present at the memorial in Shiraz, as was her mother, who said all she wanted to do was find her daughter's murderer.
Also on Friday a veteran judge was appointed to launch an independent inquiry into the controversial death of Kazemi.
The inquiry, called for by Iran's pro-reformist President Mohammad Khatami, who also ordered those behind Zahra Kazemi's July 10 death to face an open trial, has inflamed tensions between Iranian reformists and ruling hard-liners who control Iran's police force and security agencies.
On Wednesday, Kazemi was buried in her birthplace, the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, against the wishes of her son, Stephan Hachemi, who lives in Montreal, and the Canadian government.
The burial prompted Canada to recall its ambassador Wednesday to protest Iran's handling of the case.
Iran described Canada's decision to recall its ambassador as "unacceptable," IRNA reported late on Wednesday.
Originally Iranian authorities claimed that Kazemi died of a "brain stroke," but Iran's Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi then said Kazemi died of a beating, nearly three weeks after she was detained.
The presidential committee that investigated the death said Kazemi had complained of punishment from her guards and eventually died of a "fractured skull, brain hemorrhage and its consequences resulting from a hard object hitting the head or the head hitting a hard object."
A top Culture Ministry official has acknowledged that Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi forced him to announce that an Iranian-Canadian photojournalist died of a brain stroke, a version that was officially discredited later.
Traditionally in Iran a funeral is followed by three religious memorials, presided over by a cleric. The first one three days after the funeral, another 1 week after, and the third memorial is 40 days after.
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