Neda Agha Soltan, killed on camera by a sniper’s bullet, became the symbol of opposition to Iranian President Ahmadinejad this summer. Her boyfriend, Caspian Makan, who has just fled the country, talks to Arash Sahami and Angus Macqueen …
At the height of the protests following Iran’s controversial presidential election this summer, a young woman named Neda Agha Soltan was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran. Her death — filmed on a cameraphone, then uploaded to …
Neda Soltan was shot on a Tehran street because she happened to be among demonstrations against vote-rigging by the theocratic regime. Her death was filmed and circulated on the internet and she has become an icon of the pro-reform …
This is the British Broadcasting Corporation’s version of the documentary on the death of Neda Agha Soltan, posted in six parts that it co-developed with the US. …
But the public support for commemorating Neda Soltan contrasts sharply with the attitude of the British Government. The Times learnt that it would have advised Queen’s College against establishing the scholarship, saying that Iran would …
It’s been five months since Neda Soltan was gunned down in the streets of Tehran. In that time, Capsian Makan, Neda’s boyfriend, has faced prison, torture, and exile. But he is finally able to speak freely. …
Iran’s regime denounced the University of Oxford yesterday because one of its colleges has established a scholarship honouring Neda Soltan, the Iranian student killed during street protests in Tehran over the alleged rigging of the …
Remembering Neda Soltan. In June, the world was horrified by the killing of Neda Soltan, a peaceful protester in Tehran against the fraudulent re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. …
Iran: They’re Just Killing Themselves · Yemen names a street after Neda Agha-Soltan + video · Iran’s Khamenei tells media to tone down criticism · Iran detains scores of students, rights group says · Iran clerics start taking control of …
Neda Agha-Soltani was fatally shot during a protest in Iran on Saturday, June 20, 2009. May God give her peace and justice. Neda Agha Soltani. Image from Caspian Makan, via Daily Mail. Several news outlets have reported on her death, …
I was aware of the tragic death of Neda Soltan, caught up in the protests against the fraudulent result, which saw that wretch Ahmadinejad return to power. But if I am honest, shocked as I was by footage of her death, taken on a mobile …
The death of Neda Agha-Soltan ندا آقا سلطان – 1982 June 20, 2009) drew international attention when her shooting, during the 2009 Iranian election …
Jim Jacobson, founder of Christian Freedom International, talks about the oppression of the Iranian people and the tragic shooting of a young woman named Neda. Our heartbreaking story focuses on a beautiful Iranian woman named NedaSalehiAghaSoltan who, after exiting a cab, was shot in the heart …
The murder of Neda Agha-Soltan is one of the most watched and viral videos and viscerally compelling stories that came out of Iran this year. Neda’s mother was interviewed by the BBC recently. This is one answer. …
… of idealism is projected. And I think its very hard for him after what has happened in Iran with the image of Neda Agha Soltan on everybody’s mind and now with the much more widely known aspirations of the Iranian people for democracy so clear its hard in those circumstances he already sent a message …
Neda is alive and well and living in Greece. She’ll be home soon. This is what Neda’s mother, Hajar, has said: HAJAR SOLTAN (translated): I want to thank politicians and leaders from every country at all levels who remembered my child. …