Kaveh Golestan
Kāveh Golestān Taghavi Shirazi (8 July 1950 - April 2, 2003), (Persian: کاوه گلستان ) was an Iranian photojournalist and artist. Golestan was educated at Millfield School in Somerset, England.In 1988, working as a freelance photographer, he took the first pictures of the aftermath of Halabja poison gas attack during the Iran-Iraq War.On April 2, 2003, he was killed at the age of 53, as a result of stepping on a land mine while working for the BBC in Kifri, Iraq. He is buried in a cemetery in the east of Tehran.
Personal facts
| Birth date | July 08, 1950 |
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| Date of death | April 02, 2003 |
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External resources
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2920571.stm
- http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/33998
- http://www.indexonline.org/en/news/articles/2003/2/a-committed-defender-of-free-expression.shtml
- http://www.jadidonline.com/images/stories/flash_multimedia/Kaveh_golestan_test/kaveh_high.html
- http://www.kargah.com/golestan/5/index.php?other=1
- http://www.kargah.com/golestan/revolution/index.php?other=1
- http://www.kargah.com/golestan_funeral/index.php
- http://www.kargah.com/history_of_iranian_photography/window_on_an_era/index.php?other=1