Yemen has renamed Iran Boulevard, a street in its country, to Neda Soltan Street, named after the young female protestor who was shot and killed in June on videotape that quickly spread around the world. Her name has since become a rallying cry for Iranian opposition activists of all kinds and human rights advocates around the world. Yemen isn’t exactly a model for human rights, but they deserve...
According to the Times , Queens College Oxford has received thousands of pounds in unsolicited public donations in support of a scholarship honouring an Iranian student murdered during a street protest in Tehran. For those who do not already know Neda was shot dead on June 20 during a street protest against Iran’s rigged presidential election. She has become a worldwide icon of the protests....
Let's see ... Sarah Palin and her book? naaah ... Michaele Salahi and her celebrity aspirations? uh-uh ... I'll go with Neda Agha-Soltan. Who, you might ask? ... Exactly! It's been less than a month since Queen’s College, in Oxford, England, announced that it had established the “Neda Agha-Soltan Graduate Scholarship” for philosophy students of Iranian descent. The scholarship is...
Governments rename streets in honour of rebel fighters and protesters Iran is embroiled in a game of tit for tat with Yemen after Tehran thoroughfares were renamed in honour of anti-government rebels in the Arabian peninsular country. Iranians reportedly designated a street in their capital The Martyrs of Sa'ada, after the remote and mountainous Yemeni province where Shia insurgents are battling government...
Aired in the US under the title A Death in Tehran , as part of the PBS Frontline series, the BBC film on Neda Agha Soltan was broadcast on BBC 2 yesterday and is available online for the next few days, until Tuesday Dec 1st. I recommend it. (Via Azarmehr .) Naj of Neo-Resistance places Neda’s death in a longer history of struggle. She writes: Iran’s female icon of resistance was born 193...
I had a very busy summer, first preparing for my finals at university and subsequent to that a trip to India. I tried during this time to keep up with the news of what was happening around the world. I knew about the presidential election campaign in Iran; indeed, I wrote some brief pieces on developments prior and subsequent to this event. I was aware of the tragic death of Neda Soltan, caught up...
The Obama administration has been unable to figure out whether and how to help the Iranian opposition. The opposition came out against the nuclear deal with the P 5+1 powers and the administration may have had no idea why. On the day that he won the Nobel peace prize, Obama mentioned Neda Agha-Soltan, the Iranian woman whose murder has become a symbol of the revolution, but he did not mention her
CLICK TO LISTEN An Iranian 'Martyr'WATCH:NEXT ON:Today, 21:00 on BBC Two (except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue))SYNOPSISOn June 20th, a young Iranian woman was shot in the street in Tehran. The video of her death, filmed on a mobile phone, was seen by millions around the world.This World tells the story of Neda Agha Soltan, with exclusive accounts from those who really knew her.
Frontline has a documentary on the slained Neda Agha-Soltan. A Basij member fired into a group of protesters. Indications are Agha-Soltan was an innocent bystander. The Iranian government would not let Agha-Soltan's family bury her body.
The flickering images of Neda Agha-Soltan’s last moments in a Tehran street on June 20 before she died from gunshot wounds gripped the world, galvanized the nation and made the 26-year-old music student the face of Iran’s recent protest movement....
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Iranian film director Hana Makhmalbaf arrives at a film festival in Spain holding a banner against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a portrait of Neda Agha Soltan, a woman who was killed in a Tehran protest. Iran's political turmoil has sparked a culture clash. One TV producer says that since the election, authorities have unofficially barred actors who are considered unacceptable from appearing...
A new documentary on the protests in Iran, produced for PBS and the BBC, pieces together the death, and life, of Neda Agha-Soltan, the young protester whose excruciating last moments were caught on video on June 20 and posted online.
Iran has sentenced five people to death, and 81 with prison sentences ranging from six months to fifteen years. Tehran, Iran Election Protests No names are given in this Breitbart news piece, but are reported to be "prominent opposition figures and activists. Iran said the five sentenced to death are members of "terrorist and armed opposition groups." No mention of the manner of the...
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