Kaveh Golestan
| Kaveh Golsetan کاوه گلستان |
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| Born | 8 July 1950 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | April 2, 2003 (aged 53) Kifri, Iraq |
| Education | Millfield |
| Occupation | Photographer |
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Ebrahim Golestan Lili Golestan Mehrak Golestan Mani Haghighi |
Kāveh Golestān Taghavi Shirazi (8 July 1950 - 2 April 2003), (Persian: کاوه گلستان ) was an Iranian photojournalist and artist. In 1988 he took the first pictures of the aftermath of the Halabja poison gas attack during the Iran-Iraq War.
Kaveh was the son of the Iranian filmmaker and writer Ebrahim Golestan and the brother of Lili Golestan, translator and the owner-artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran, Iran.
Golestan was educated at Millfield School in Somerset, England.
In 1988, working as a freelance photographer, he took the first pictures of the aftermath of the Halabja poison gas attack during the Iran-Iraq War. He was awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal for his work covering the 1979 Revolution for TIME.
On 2 April 2003 Golestān was killed, aged 53, as a result of stepping on a land mine while working for the BBC in Kifri, Iraq. He is buried in a cemetery in the east of Tehran.
Kaveh was married to Hengāmeh Golestān; they had a son, Mehrak who is a musician.
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