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Iranian filmmaker Morteza Avini was killed by a land mine in Fakkeh while producing a documentary.
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Morteza Avini
Iranian documentary filmmaker, author, and theoretician
Sayyid Morteza Avini was an Iranian documentary filmmaker, author, and theoretician of "Islamic Cinema." He studied Architecture at Tehran University in 1965. During the Iranian Revolution, Avini started his artistic career as a director of documentary films, and is considered a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Land mine
Explosive weapon, concealed under or on the ground
A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon often concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets as they pass over or near it. Land mines are divided into two types: anti-tank mines, which are designed to disable tanks or…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Fakkeh, Iran
Region in Khuzestan and Ilam, Iran
Fakkeh is a place at the northwest of Khuzestan and southeast of Ilam province in Iran. The north of Fakkeh belongs to Dehloran County, Ilam and the south of Fakkeh is belong to Dasht-e Azadegan County, Khuzestan. Also, this place is a border region between Iran and Iraq. There…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Documentary film
Nonfictional motion picture
A documentary film is a nonfiction motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". The American author and media analyst Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)