Iranian documentary filmmaker Esmail Heydari, 30, was
killed in Damascus on Friday, Iranian news agency ISNA reported today. No
further details were given. On Wednesday, another Iranian journalist and
documentary filmmaker, Hadi Baghbani, was also killed as he accompanied Syrian
troops on an operation against rebel forces on the outskirts of Damascus.
(ISNA, 24 August)
In September 2012, a journalist, Maya Nasser, working for Iran’s state-run Press TV was shot dead on a Damascus street. Press TV Damascus bureau chief, Hossein Mortada, was injured during that attack.
In September 2012, a journalist, Maya Nasser, working for Iran’s state-run Press TV was shot dead on a Damascus street. Press TV Damascus bureau chief, Hossein Mortada, was injured during that attack.
Photo credit: A Free Syrian Army fighter during clashes with government forces
in the old city of Aleppo. August 23, 2013. (Muzaffar Salman/Reuters)
Rest in Peace Mr Heydari. Syrian civil war has been very costly for all including civilians and journalists. The Takfiri cannibal terrorists particularly target Iranians to vent their pathological frustrations and inability to topple President Assad.
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May the Almighty speed up the process
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