20070528 A 27 year mystery solved

Jahangir Razmi, via Associated Press: The 1980 Pulitzer Prize winning photo of an execution in Kurdish Iran - taken in 1979, by Jahangir Razmi.

27 Years After It Was Awarded, a Pulitzer Prize Is Acknowledged

A 27 year mystery solved… 1980 Pulitzer Prize for photography: Jahangir Razmi

By PRADNYA JOSHI

Published: May 28, 2007

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In 1979, a photographer stood nearby as executioners shot Kurdish prisoners in Sanandaj, Iran. A picture he took for an Iranian newspaper was picked up by United Press International and published worldwide. To protect the photographer, his name was not printed.

But the image proved so compelling that it was awarded the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography. It was the first and still the only time that the Pulitzer, the highest honor in print journalism, has been given to an anonymous winner.

That was 27 years ago.

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