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TEHRAN – Iranian photojournalist Abdollah Heidari has received the special jury prize at the 11th Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards 2015.
He was honored for his collection entitled “Children with No Identity”, which contains photos of children without a birth certificate and identity, as the result of the unauthorized marriages of Afghan men with Iranian women.
Millions of Afghan people have immigrated to Iran due to war and poverty during the past 35 years.
More than 4000 works were submitted from 47 countries and the award-winning photographs will be exhibited all over Japan, the organizers announced on the website last week.
Heidari works for the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency.
Days Japan is a monthly magazine, which centers on photojournalism and publishes the documentary photos that best support the campaign to protect human life and the natural environment.
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