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The son of a Canadian photojournalist who was tortured and killed in an Iranian prison in 2003 will be allowed to proceed with a $17 million claim against the government of Iran, the Montreal Gazette has reported. Stephan Hashemi, son of the murdered phot

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/01/court-allows-son-of-slain-photojournalist-to-sue-iran.html

Stephan Hashemi, son of the murdered photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, filed suit against Iran, its supreme leader Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei and two government officials who allegedly authorized the torture of Kazemi