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 [...]
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] [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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:
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 [...]
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 [...]
Iranian doctor Arash Hejazi who tried to rescue Neda Soltan tells of wounds that never heal
November 13, 2009 Martin Fletcher As Arash Hejazi sat in an Oxford coffee bar, members of Iran’s Basij militia in Tehran were demanding his extradition outside the British Embassy. The previous day the Iranian regime had sent an Oxford college a letter of protest over a scholarship given to honour Neda Soltan, the student killed [...]
Letter from Iran: Eye-witness Account of Uprising in Iran on 40th Day after Neda was Killed
The security forces were using batons, chains, whips, tasers, paint-ball guns, and I saw handguns in the hands of three of them. There was a rumor that a few were shot at in Vanak Square. Two people were picked up near us and people tried to chase after the security forces to get the young men back, but it was a futile chase. Until around 11pm the streets were full of people. At 10pm the shouts of Allah-o Akbar and Death to the Dictator were being screamed from the rooftops all over the city until 10.30pm.
Live-blogging July 30th, 2009 Iran Protests (40th day after Neda killed)
[10:30 AM Tehran Time] Quote “The feeling today”: One plus One, adds to two, The percentage of the vote that went to You. Two plus Two, three and four, The max number of months till you’re out the Door. Three plus three, adds to six, The system that you have just can’t be Fixed. Four [...]
We are Neda: Song and Video
Enjoy (Please thank WeAreNeda@gmail.com for this video): [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoZnlh3phbs& 285 234]
Iran opposition asks to commemorate unrest victims
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Opposition leaders in Iran want to organize a ceremony to commemorate pro-reformers killed since the disputed presidential election, a news agency reported on Sunday. Moderate defeated candidates Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi said no speech would be given during the gathering, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported. “We want a permit to [...]
Green Report #18 & #19 – Fresh News from Iran – July 4-5
Hamid Maddah, a core member of Mousavi’s campaign in Mashhad, died in custody on Saturday. He had been arrested in Gowharshad Mosque along with many other Mousavi supporters. According to sources, he had been tortured badly and wasn’t able to recover. The official death certificate registers the cause of death as internal bleeding in the skull.
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