Tag Archives: Neda Agha-Soltan

Live-blog: Iran – February 27, 2011 – The pressure builds

3:00AM GMT – February 28 We just came across this video that we had not seen, from the protests in Tehran on February 14 / 25 Bahman. It is being filmed by someone on a bus that captures the heavy security presence in the street. Nearing the end of the video, you can see regime [...]

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Live-blog: Iran – After 25 Bahman – What comes next?

7:45AM GMT We had intended for our last update for the day to be the previous one, but felt that this interview of a protester, Sara, by Anderson Cooper is a must-see. She typifies the ordinary Iranians that have decided that they have to stand up for their rights. The interview is significant not only [...]

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Live-blog: Ashura in Iran – December 16, 2010

This is a live-blog report on events in Iran on December 16, 2010, during the Shia mourning day of Ashura. As reports come in, they will be placed at the top of this page. To read this in chronological order it must be read from the bottom up. [8:30AM Tehran Time - December 17, 2010] [...]

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Music: Chris de Burgh Sings new Song, “People of the World” for Neda on the Anniversary of her Death

Chris de Burgh | June 20, 2010 From Chris de Burgh’s Official Site: “On June 20th 2009, during a demonstration in Tehran against what many felt was a fraudulent election result, a young woman called Neda Agha-Soltan was targeted and shot to death by a sniper. An innocent bystander, and some distance away from the [...]

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Radio Zamaneh: Rahnavard call for end to discrimination against women in Islamic Republic

Radio Zamaneh | June 20, 2010 Zahra Rahnavard marked the anniversary of the death of Neda Agha-Soltan by issuing a statement stressing that freedom and democracy cannot be achieved without “ending discrimination against women.” In her statement published in Kaleme website, she stressed that the Green Movement is indebted to the “resistance” of women who [...]

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CNN: A year after Neda’s death, Iran movement continues

CNN | June 20, 2010 By Reza Sayah (CNN) — A year ago Sunday, Neda Agha-Soltan died of a single gunshot wound to the chest. Her last moments — captured on a cell phone camera and shown around the world– catapulted her into the symbol of the postelection reform movement in Iran. Today, the Iranian [...]

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Video: Heavy Security Presence in Tehran on Anniversary of Murder of Neda Agha Soltan by the Regime

This video is purported to be from today, June 20, 2010, on the anniversary of the murder of Neda Agha-Soltan by the government and regime of Ayatollah Khamenei, showing a heavy security presence on the corner of Vali Asr and Enghelab streets in Tehran. Obviously the regime is nervous about the possibility of protests. Another [...]

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A Salute To The Iranian Protesters, Fighting A Theorcracy

FreakOutNation | June 12, 2010 by Anomaly100 It was one year ago today that protests broke out against the disputed Presidential election in Iran which was the catalyst  for the daily protests ever since. The passion of the protesters won the hearts of many and we’ve been able to watch their continuous fight against a [...]

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The day I fled Iran in terror and left my family behind – a journalist’s story

Guardian | June 13, 2010 Saeed Kamali Dehghan One year ago, after a disputed election, a popular uprising almost brought down the Iranian regime. Saeed Kamali Dehghan risked his life to report on the green revolt – but then he made the agonising decision to flee to the UKOne year ago, after a disputed election, [...]

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Video: HBO Documentary: For Neda

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Must See HBO Video on Neda Agha-Soltan: For Neda

Watch this. Absorb it. Share it. Help the world bear witness to the plight of a brave people through the life of a woman who has already changed not only Iran, but the world, forever. A martyr for freedom. A proud Iranian woman that makes us proud and who reminds us that we all must [...]

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Video: Iranian Protesters in Netherlands Replace Islamic Republic Flag with Image of Iranian Martyr, Neda Agha Soltan

This video was taken at the Iranian Embassy at the Hague, Netherlands:

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Art forbidden in Iran part of North Vancouver exhibition

(Vancouver Sun) | April 3, 2010 By Jessica Barrett, Canwest News Service METRO VANCOUVER — One death became a symbol of the bloody student uprising following Iran’s disputed presidential elections last June. And now Caspian Makan, the fianc? of slain student Neda Agha-Soltan, is coming to North Vancouver to speak about the plight still facing [...]

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Video of Iranian death wins journalism prize

(CBC) | February 19, 2010 A citizen video that captured the death of 26-year-old Neda Agha-Soltan during the 2009 Iranian election protests has won a prestigious George Polk Award for Journalism. It is the first winner in a new category for videography created by Long Island University, which bestows 13 George Polk Awards annually. Shot [...]

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Why the Green Movement will Prevail

Sadness to me is the happiest time When a shining city rises from the ruins of my drunken mind Those times when I’m silent and still as the earth, The thunder of my roar is heard across the universe. Rumi It has now been almost six months since those fateful days in June when the [...]

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No going back

PBS just released a documentary on Neda’s murder: FRONTLINE: A Death in Tehran. This is a must see. Watching it, I couldn’t believe how raw the feelings and emotions evoked by it were for me. I felt as though the events were happening all over again. I was overcome by a panopoly of emotions: rage, [...]

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Feature: Instagrams from Iran (picture compilation)

A few pictures from Iran, taken by ordinary people and posted to Instagram

Iran Feature: Former Detainee Sarah Shourd “The Plight of Iranians and 3 Decades of US Foreign Policy”

The incredible thing for me was that so many Iranians worldwide took the time to care about us despite the thousands of other political prisoners they have to worry about. “I’m an Iranian boy ashamed for what our government did to three American hikers,” another message on Facebook says. “I want you to know Iranian people are with you and against their own government. Iran’s regime is not chosen by Iranian people. They kill and torture us and we are all in a very big prison named Iran.”

Iran Feature: The Supreme Leader Is Worried — Three Developments You Probably Don’t Know

Our partner, EAWorldView, has published a ground-breaking piece on Iran’s Supreme Leader. This is a must-read.

Live-blog: Russia, what’s next?

Live-blog: Egypt Elections, Day 1

A historic day: The first post-Mubarak elections in Egypt

Journalist Mona Eltahawy’s harrowing ordeal – beating, sexual assault and arrest in Egypt – in her own words and tweets

“The past 12 hrs were painful and surreal but I know I got off much much easier than so many other Egyptians.”