Sunday, June 21, 2009

Neda, in Death a Symbol

The symbol of the fight for an honest election in Iran appear to be Neda, a young woman killed during the demonstrations:

Photo is from flickr of a poster in San Francisco supporting the Iranian demonstrations

The story about her is:
At 19:05 June 20th Place: Karekar Ave., at the corner crossing Khosravi St. and Salehi st. A young woman who was standing aside with her father watching the protests was shot by a basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house. He had clear shot at the girl and could not miss her. However, he aimed straight her heart.

I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to save her. But the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet had blasted inside the victim's chest, and she died in less than 2 minutes. The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St.

The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Please let the world know.
Here is the video that captures her death, a victim of a regime that refuses to recognize democratic rights:

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