The son of a Canadian photographer who died in an Iranian prison has been granted the chance to have his bid to sue Iran examined by the Supreme Court.
The high court has agreed to hear an appeal from Zahra Kazemi's son Stephan Hashemi, who argues he has the right to sue the Iranian government for allegedly killing his mother and failing to return her body.

In 2003, Kazemi, a Canadian citizen, was taking pictures of protesters in Iran when she was allegedly arrested, detained, tortured and killed by authorities.

Hashemi filed a civil suit against the Iranian government on her estate's behalf and on his own, seeking damages.

But the Iranian government had successfully argued before lower courts that it was immune from prosecution.

Kazemi had argued that if that was�true, the State Immunity Act was a violation of his rights.

By CBC

 

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