hi wagawanderer
yes i think the 3month military expansion still apply as long as you have an iranian passport of course! do you?
and what did you mean about the "status of my shenasnameh"? what is wrong with it?
let me know if you need more help. good luck.amir
PS i have sent you a PM.
Hi i have also been looking to visit Iran but am not sure how i stand. First my father is Iranian and my mother is British, I was born in England and last visited Iran when i was 4. Does any one know if i would be able to enter Iran and leave Iran on holiday visiting family or would i have to serve 2 years national service? many thanks samea.
My parents are dubious and paranoid, as people from their generation are,
and think that I still need to get the military exemption done before I go.
Their so-called 'paranoia' might just keep you alive and well.....
not to mention out of the Iranian army.
IN DEPTH ZAHRA KAZEMI
CBC News
Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi died in Iranian custody on July 11, 2003,
almost three weeks after she was arrested for taking pictures during a student protest in
Tehran.
Quick facts
Born: Shiraz, Iran.
Died: July 10, 2003
Age at death: 54
Fled Iran: 1974. From there she moved to France, before landing in Montreal in 1993.
She held joint Iran-Canadian citizenship. Profession: Freelance journalist.
She did shoots in the West Bank, Jordan, Cote d'Ivoire, Libya, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.
Kazemi freelanced for Montreal-based alternative magazine Recto-Verso.
"She would expose anything she felt was unjust, especially regarding women's conditions,"
said Melanie Navarro, a colleague at the magazine.
Two days later, Iran's official news agency reported that Kazemi had died in hospital, after suffering a stroke while being interrogated. On July 16, 2003, the story changed. Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Iran's vice-president, conceded that Kazemi died as a result of being beaten.
Later, the Iranian government would charge an Iranian security agent in Kazemi's death. He was acquitted of a charge of "quasi-intentional murder. In July 2004, Iran's judiciary said the head injuries that killed Kazemi were the result of an "accident."
The case stayed under the radar screens of most Canadians until March 31, 2005, after stunning revelations of Shahram Azam, a former staff physician in Iran's Defence Ministry. He examined Kazemi in hospital, four days after her arrest. Azam said Kazemi showed obvious signs of torture, including:
Evidence of a very brutal rape.
A skull fracture, two broken fingers, missing fingernails, a crushed big toe and a broken nose.
Severe abdominal bruising, swelling behind the head and a bruised shoulder.
Deep scratches on the neck and evidence of flogging on the legs.
"I hold a Canadian citizenship." wrote a prior poster. No cameras, no cell phones (except local)
and no body will be permitted to be repatriated to Canada.... Good luck and be grateful your
parents care enough to warn you.