The Iranian government has said that it agrees with the acquittal of a secret agent who had been charged with the killing of an Iranian-Canadian photojournalist, but Canada protested the verdict, hinting at further action to pressure the Middle Eastern country to find out the truth.

THE family of a photographer killed in Iran has urged the Canadian Government to pursue Iran for justice after an agent was cleared of killing her.

Iran’s hard-line judiciary today abruptly concluded the trial of a secret agent charged with murdering an Iranian-Canadian photojournalist, prompting lawyers for the victim’s mother to describe the proceedings as “unacceptable”.

Iran today barred Canadian and European diplomats, as well as journalists representing foreign media, from the trial of a secret agent charged with murdering an Iranian-Canadian photojournalist.