Iran Holocaust

2003

2003 in Iran: 1 documented event and 1 named victim of state repression.

Documented events
1
Named victims
1

A year-by-year record of repression in Iran. Below are the events documented for 2003, followed by the people whose deaths that year are named in our database.

2003-07-11 — Zahra Kazemi killed in custody. Iranian-Canadian photojournalist dies of a fractured skull after being detained outside Evin. Iranian doctor Shahram Azam later testifies she was raped and tortured.

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