So Pierre Pettigrew seems to be satisfied with his hair the way it is, and has moved on to other things:

Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew said Thursday Ottawa will continue pressing Iran for justice in the wake of shocking new details about the condition of a Montreal photographer days before her death in a jail in that country.

Earlier Thursday, Sharham Azam, a former doctor with the Iranian Minister of Defence, detailed the injuries suffered by 54-year-old Zahra Kazemi just days before her death in June, 2003.

He said catalogued countless injuries on the woman, who arrived at the hospital unconscious. He said the broken bones, bruising and marks suggested she had been beaten, tortured and raped, with the wounds suggested the assaults had taken place over a period of time.

"We believe the Iranian justice system has failed all across the line," Mr. Pettigrew said.

The 54-year-old photojournalist died on July 10, 2003 in Tehran. An Iranian-born photographer who also had Canadian citizenship, she was beaten to death after being arrested for taking photos of protesters outside a Tehran prison.

Bravo, Mr. Pettigrew. But may I ask, what the hell took you so long? It was monhs ago when the Iranian ambassador to the UK made the admission that Kazemi was murdered (as opposed to killed accidentaly, which is what the Iranian kangaroo court had ruled last summer), and the Canadian Foreign Affairs Office has done very little about it. I guess they figure "Hey, she'll still be dead after the US reopens the border to our beef. Priorities, people!"

"As a doctor I could see this was torture," Dr. Azam, who fled Iran and has been granted landed immigrant status in Canada, told reporters.

He said Ms. Kazemi was battered from head to foot, with markings consistent with flogging on a number of areas of her body.

Her nose had been broken so badly that a nurse was unable to insert a tube when the unconscious woman was brought in. A vaginal exam carried out by a nurse - doctors in military hospitals in Iran are not allowed to carry out the procedure - showed massive bruising in the genital area, offering evidence of a brutal rape.

"It was the first time I saw a patient brought in from a prison," Dr. Azam said. "It was so shocking for me."

Last July, Canada withdrew its ambassador to Iran over Ottawa's frustration with the Iranian justice system's handling of the case. A new ambassador - Gordon Venner - was appointed in November.

And now they're thinking about removing that one. Iran must have a revolving door for Canadian diplomats. But somehow I don't think removing the ambassador is quite te show of strength that will be required to have this case reopened. Maybe Canada will have to do what it seems loath to do these days - side with the US in pressuring Iran regarding nukes. Yes, I said side with the ol' US of A. We may even end up having to don our outdated battle gear and rent a plane for our six remaining pieces of military equipment, but hey - them's the breaks. I just don't think removing a completely useless official is going to frighten Iran into prosecuting Zahra Kazemi's attackers.