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guardian.co.uk - 6/24/2009

Neda Soltan's family 'forced out of home'

— guardian.co.uk — Parents of young woman shot dead near protests are banned from mourning and funeral is cancelled, neighbours say The Iranian authorities have ordered the family of Neda Agha Soltan out of their Tehran home after shocking images of her death were ... Neda Soltan's family 'forced out of home'

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livesteez.com - 6/22/2009

Iranian Woman's Death Caught on Video; 'Neda' Becomes Face of Revolution

— livesteez.com — A woman's dying moments were caught on cell phone video and rapidly spread across several social networking websites to paint a clear picture of the violence pro-democracy demonstrators encounter at moments notice. The horrific video that captured the college student's last breaths quickly ... Iranian Woman's Death Caught on Video; 'Neda' Becomes ...

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bumpshack.com - 6/23/2009

Neda Agha Sultan ‘Iranian Girl’ Killed During Protest (Photos, Video)

— bumpshack.com — Neda Agha Sultan (or Neda Agha Soltan) was a beautiful Iranian girl who died from a gunshot wound to the heart in the streets of Tehran while peacefully protesting with her father. The girl held a sign that read “freedom”, a simple cry for democracy in Iran. Neda Agha Sultan ‘Iranian Girl’ Killed During Protest ...

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Neda Agha-Soltan
Wizbang — ... government will not hesitate, even for a moment, to snuff out its country's most vibrant, promising young lives in order to maintain control of its citizens. But the thug who shot her didn't see Neda's vibrancy or promise. He didn't even see her humanity. He just saw in her a threat to the government's power that had to be destroyed. A point that has been repeated a number of times is that she, just like her name, which means "voice" in Farsi, is giving voice to the uprising. The LA Times has information about who she was and the impact she had on those who knew her : "She ...

The Lede: Latest Updates on Iran's Disputed Election
NYT > Home Page — ... , what was apparently shot from above a street near the square where the rally was to have taken place. Update | 9:46 a.m. In the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, Borzou Daragahi reported from Tehran that Neda Agha-Soltan’s friend and music teacher, Hamid Panahi, who was with her when she was shot and killed on Saturday, said that he was not afraid to speak out about her death:“They know me,” he said. “They know where I am. They can come and get me whenever they want. My time has gone. We have to think about the young people.” Neda, he said, was smart and loving. She had a ...

Neda Soltani: Student & Symbol (And Why She Ought To Be Both) [Ways Of Seeing]
Jezebel — ... , it was already clear that she would be made into a symbol. What wasn't clear then, but is now, is that she would also be identified, and humanized. In the LA Times today, Borzou Daragahi is able to write about what we know about her life , and death, due to her friend (and music teacher) Hamid Panahi, who was with Neda when she died, and doesn't expect to survive himself. Neda Agha-Soltan was born in Tehran, they said, to a father who worked for the government and a homemaker mother. They were a family of modest means, part of the country's emerging middle class who built ...

The Lede: Latest Updates
NYT > Home Page — ... is based on recent statements the broadcaster says were made by Hamid Panahi, Ms. Agha-Soltan’s friend and music teacher, who was with her when she was shot. Days after her killing, Mr. Panahi spoke to The Los Angeles Times in a much more defiant mood, after the Iranian governe nt had denided her family permission to bury or mourn her in accordance with Shiite tradition: Panahi said witnesses at the scene said the shooter was not a police officer but among a group of plainclothes security officials or militiamen lurking in the area. [...] Her loved ones were outraged by ...