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Second Iranian filmmaker killed in Syria

Iran Materials 22 August 2013 17:57 (UTC +04:00)
Another Iranian filmmaker, Esmail Heydari, has been killed in Syria, Fars news agency reported.
Second Iranian filmmaker killed in Syria

Azerbaijan, Baku, August 22 / Trend, D. Khatinoglu, S. Isayev

Another Iranian filmmaker, Esmail Heydari, has been killed in Syria, Fars news agency reported.

Heydari is the second Iranian filmmaker that has been assassinated in Syria this week.

Prior, Adi Bagbani was killed by "Takfiri militants", as Iranian authorities call them.

"Takfiri" is a religious minority that hardly stands against Shia beliefs.

Fars news agency reported earlier that a 3-member group went to Syria to make a documentary film about the violations there. The group reportedly included the both Heydari and Bagbani.

The film group, according to Fars, was scheduled to work in Syria for 10 days.

Since 2011 a lot of Iranian filmmakers have gone to Syria, and about 22 documentary films have been shot in the country since then.

Clashes between government forces and armed opposition have been continuing in Syria for over two years.

According to UN statistics, the total number of victims of the Syrian conflict exceeds 100,000. The Syrian authorities say they are opposed by well-armed militants.

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