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{{short description|Indian freelance journalist}}
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'''Syed Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi''' is a [[freelance journalist]],<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news|last=Monkovic |first=Toni |url=http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/blast-inquiry-tests-ties-to-israel-and-iran/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 |title=The New York Times: 'Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi' |work=New York Times |access-date=5 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Danish Raza |url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/who-is-syed-mohammad-ahmed-kazmi-247796.html |title=Who is Syed Mohammad Ahmed Kazmi? |publisher=Firstpost |access-date=5 January 2013}}</ref> founder editor of Media Star News.<ref>http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2008/dec/cardnowise.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/back-with-a-bang/215/22107/ |title=Back with a bang – Syed Khurram Raza |publisher=The Sunday Indian |date=9 September 2011 |access-date=5 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author= Harmeet Shah Singh|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2012-03-15/middleeast/world_meast_india-iran-israeli-car-bombing_1_bombs-new-delhi-indian-police?_s=PM:MIDDLEEAST |title=India names Iranian suspects in Israeli car bombing |publisher=Articles.cnn.com |date=15 March 2012 |access-date=5 January 2013}}</ref> Recently, he started his own YouTube channel "Media Star World"<ref name="youtube.com">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsrZL1BJ5lCt35ECGFN2rhg</ref> which is majorly focusing on International affairs from the Indian perspective. He was accused in the [[2012 attacks on Israeli diplomats|attack on Israeli diplomats]].<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/world/asia/indian-police-issue-warrants-for-iranian-citizens-in-bombing.html?scp=2&sq=Mohammad+Ahmad+Kazmi&st=nyt&_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Jim | last=Yardley | title=India Builds Case Against Iranians in Attack on Israelis | date=16 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="thehindu.com">{{cite news|author=Omar Rashid |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/article3511304.ece |title=NATIONAL / OTHER STATES : "Big question mark" over Kazmi's custody |publisher=The Hindu |date=10 June 2012 |access-date=5 January 2013 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> Ironically, he was also covering this news and provided his observation on the situation on [[Times Now]]<ref name="timesnow.tv">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesnow.tv/Debate-Israel-Iran-battle-goes-global-1/videoshow/4395849.cms |title=Debate: Israel-Iran battle goes global?-1-The Newshour-TIMESNOW.tv – Latest Breaking News, Big News Stories, News Videos |publisher=Timesnow.tv |access-date=5 January 2013}}</ref> and [[NDTV]].

==Career==
Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi is now working for Media Star and created his own YouTube channel "Media Star World"<ref name="youtube.com"/> which is majorly focusing on International affairs from the Indian perspective. On his channel he claims that he will be focusing on those news which mainstream media intentionally ignores. In past he was Chief Editor of daily Urdu newspaper ''Qaumi Salamati'',<ref name= "epaper.qaumisalamati.com">http://epaper.qaumisalamati.com/our_mission.html</ref> with Printer, Publisher & Proprietor "Siraj Pracha" and was running his own news agency, Media Star,<ref>http://mediastarworld.com</ref> catering to the needs of Urdu readers in India and abroad, before his arrest. He has also been providing his services as freelance journalist for state broadcaster [[Doordarshan]], Iranian news agency [[IRNA]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irna.ir/News/Politic/Sanctions-against-Iran-has-no-legal-basis,-Indian-journalist/30781472 |access-date=1 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128235002/http://www.irna.ir/News/Politic/Sanctions-against-Iran-has-no-legal-basis,-Indian-journalist/30781472 |archive-date=28 January 2012 }}</ref> Iranian radio, besides being a regular columnist for some widely-read Urdu newspapers in India. His professional commitments have taken him to [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Syria]], [[Afghanistan]] and many other countries. He is accredited to [[Press Information Bureau]] (PIB).<ref name="pib.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2008/dec/cardnowise.pdfar |access-date=1 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081154/http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2008/dec/cardnowise.pdfar |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> of the Government of India and is supposed to have procured the security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

==Arrest and release==
On 13 February 2012 a car belonging to the Israeli Embassy was attacked using a magnetic bomb<ref name="NYTimes"/> in Delhi's Tughlak Road, injuring four people. The car was near the embassy when the incident occurred and injured an Israeli diplomat's wife, Til Yehoshua (42). After three weeks, on 6 March 2012, the special cell of Delhi arrested Kazmi and charged him with being part of a conspiracy and booked him under [[Unlawful Activities Prevention Act]]. During interrogations the police claimed that he disclosed that he was privy to the conspiracy to target Israeli diplomats.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/freelancer-arrested-for-attack-on-israeli-diplomat/article2972088.ece |title = Freelancer arrested for attack on Israeli diplomat|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 8 March 2012|last1 = Pandey|first1 = Devesh K.}}</ref> A Sessions court later questioned the legality of a magisterial court’s powers to extend under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act the remand of Kazmi.<ref name="thehindu.com"/>

American journalist [[Gareth Porter]] reported that Kazmi was "framed by the police, at least in part to implicate the Iranians in the terror plot".<ref name="ipsnews.net1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/evidence-in-delhi-embassy-bombing-suggests-journalist-was-framed-part-1/ |title=IPS – Evidence in Delhi Embassy Bombing Suggests Journalist Was Framed – Part 1* | Inter Press Service |publisher=Ipsnews.net |date=27 August 2012 |access-date=5 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="ipsnews.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/police-case-for-iranian-bomb-plot-based-on-tainted-evidence-part-2/ |title=IPS – Police Case for Iranian Bomb Plot Based on Tainted Evidence – Part 2* | Inter Press Service |publisher=Ipsnews.net |date=28 August 2012 |access-date=5 January 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/within-special-cell-of-delhi-police-a-history-of-falsifying-evidence-part-3/ Within ‘Special Cell’ of Delhi Police, A History of Falsifying Evidence – Part 3*]; IPS News; 23 August 2012</ref>

Kazmi was granted bail by the [[Supreme Court of India]] on 19 October 2012 but restrained from going abroad.<ref>[http://www.firstpost.com/india/kazmi-granted-bail-in-israeli-diplomat-car-attack-case-496242.html Kazmi granted bail in Israeli Diplomat car attack case]; Firstpost; 19 October 2012</ref> As of 2016, Kazmi was still out on bail.<ref>[http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/2012-israeli-embassy-car-blast-case-accused-kazmi-alleges-people-barged-into-house-abused-wife_1879651.html 2012 Israeli embassy car blast case accused Kazmi alleges people barged into house, abused wife]; [[Zee News]]; April 26, 2016</ref>

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