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The death in detention of Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer Zahra Kazemi in July punctuated a year of ongoing state repression against dissident media. Newspaper closures continued, as did the arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment of journalists. The press crackdown further added to popular disappointment with Iran's two-term president, Mohammed Khatami, whose attempts at social and political reform…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260