Zahra KazemiCanada/Iran 
Zahra "Ziba" Kazemi (1949 - July 11, 2003) was an Iranian-born freelance photographer, residing in Montreal, Canada, who was killed by Iranian intelligence agents during an interrogation following her arrest in that country. Born in Shiraz, Kazemi moved to France in 1974 to study literature and cinema at the University of Paris. With her son, Kazemi immigrated to Quebec in 1993, where she later gained dual citizenship as an Iranian and Canadian national. In addition to her resident countries, Kazemi's photojournalist work was mostly done in the Muslim nations of Afghanistan, Libya, and Iraq. Immediately prior to her traveling to Iran, she was in Iraq for freelance work. Traveling back to her birth country using her Iranian passport, Kazemi was allowed into Iran to take photographs of the possible demonstrations that were expected to take place in Tehran in July 2003. However, on June 23, 2003, she was arrested in front of Evin prison, apparently for taking photographs in a prohibited area. Nineteen days later, whilst still in Iranian custody, she died in Baghia-t-ollah al-Azam Military Hospital. It was widely believed that she was beaten to death: after initial denials, Iranian government sources admitted that she had died of a fractured skull, as a result of being beaten. Her death sparked a sharp diplomatic response from Canada, which insisted that her body be returned to her Canadian son.
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