Neda Soltani

Categories: Iranian Revolution | Iran | Videos
  • Neda Soltani was a young Iranian woman shot in the chest by a Basij soldier during the protests in Iran on June 20, 2009. A graphic video showing Neda in the seconds after she was shot shows blood flowing from her mouth, nose and chest. The video of Neda's death was uploaded to YouTube and shared on Twitter.

    The name Neda means "voice" in Farsi. CNN reported that demonstrators were using images of Neda and that she was hailed as a martyr.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/06/iran--2.html

  • About the Protests

    On June 13, 2009, Iran's electoral commission announced that current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been re-elected. Believing that this result was fraudulent, supporters of Ahmadinejad's opponent, Mir Hossein Mousavi, took to the streets of Tehran in protest.

    On June 15, Mousavi himself made an appearance at one of these protests, before a crowd of more than 100,000 people, causing Iran's Guardian Council to begin a ballot recount. The following week, violence began to break out protesters and Iranian authorities.

    Soltani was shot during a June 20 protest by a Basij soldier using a sniper rifle. These soldiers are members of a paramilitary force who report to Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Ruler.

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