K2 summiter Kazem Faridian jailed in Iran

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I'm sure his case represents countless others:

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The Guardian Evin prison report


09:47 pm CDT Aug 12, 2009
(K2Climb.net) He summited K2 in 2007. Last year time came for Nanga Parbat, in the first Iranian expedition led by a woman and also the first to have a corporate sponsor.

This season, Kazem Faridian is not joining fellow mountaineers in Pakistan. He is held in Iran's most notorious jail, Evin prison, section 7, friends and Iranian news agencies report.

Arrested on June 25

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