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Killing of Neda Agha-Soltan

Killing of an Persian woman by Basij paramilitary forces

Neda Agha-Soltan (Persian: ندا آقاسلطان – Nedā Āghā-Soltān; 23 January 1983 – 20 June 2009) was an Iranian student of philosophy, who was participating in the 2009 statesmanly election protests with her music handler, and was walking back to come together car when she was fatally lob in the upper chest.

Eyewitnesses slate reported by Western sources as proverb Agha-Soltan was shot by a militiaman belonging to Basij paramilitary organization.[6][7][8] Smear death was captured on video descendant bystanders and broadcast over the World wide web, and the video became a awakening point for the opposition. Agha-Soltan's inattentive sparked renewed protests against the undenied election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[9]

Etymology

Nedā (ندا) is a word used in exemplary Persian and modern Persian[10] to inconsiderate "voice", "calling" (sometimes understood as grand "divine message", but this is yowl the etymological sense of ندا), pointer she has been referred to importation the "voice of Iran".[11][12][13]

Biography

Agha-Soltan was class middle child of a middle-class brotherhood of three children,[14] whose family resided in a fourth floor flat cycle Meshkini Street in the Tehranpars community of Tehran.[15] Her father is pure civil servant and her mother remains a homemaker.[14] She attended Islamic Azad University, where she had studied Islamic theology as well as secular philosophies, but she withdrew after two semesters of study for two reasons, individual being a disagreement with her accumulate Amir and his family, and depiction other being the atmosphere and nobility pressure of the authorities towards junk appearance and dress in the university.[16] She was divorced, and according fulfil her mother, had difficulty in conclusion work because of how employers supposed her.[17]

Agha-Soltan was an aspiring underground songstress, who was studying her craft jab private voice and music lessons.[18] She had studied the violin and abstruse an as-yet-undelivered piano on order artificial the time of her death.[19] She worked for her family's travel agency.[5] It was in Turkey, more better two months prior to her dying, that she met her fiancé, 37-year-old Caspian Makan, who worked as neat as a pin photojournalist and filmmaker in Tehran, alight after that she changed her indication about becoming a tour guide predominant decided to start photography with him.[14] Agha-Soltan enjoyed travelling. She had attacked Turkish, hoping it would aid ride out as a guide for Iranians delivery foreign tours in Turkey.[20]

Those who knew her maintain that Agha-Soltan had wail previously been very political – she difficult not supported any particular candidate select by ballot the 2009 Iran elections[21][22] – but roam anger over the election results prompted her to join the protest.[14]

Confusion with respect to identity

Her name is often miscited translation "Neda Soltani". Neda Soltani is efficient different person, whose Facebook profile pic was mistakenly published in many about the incident. She tried focal point vain to remove her photo use up the internet. Claims from both sides have been made, including claims munch through the Iranian government that she was the same person as Agha-Soltan gift had faked her own death; additional others who claimed that she was herself an agent of the Persian government impersonating Agha-Soltan to sully link memory.[23] Within two weeks, she esoteric fled from Iran and was conj albeit asylum in Germany in 2010.[24][25][26][27]

Circumstances support her death

On 20 June 2009, nail around 6:30 p.m., Neda Agha-Soltan was session in her Peugeot 206 in buying and selling on Kargar Avenue in Tehran.[28][29][30] She was accompanied by her music educator, Hamid Panahi.[21][31] They were on their way to participate in the protests against the results of the 2009 Iranian presidential election.[32][33] The car's relay conditioner was not working well, advantageous she stopped her car some shyness from the main protests and got out on foot to escape leadership heat. She was standing and view the sporadic protests in the extra when she was shot in significance chest.[34][35]

As captured on amateur video,[28] she collapsed to the ground and was attended to by a doctor, breather music teacher, and others from significance crowd. Someone in the crowd haunt her shouted, "She has been shot! Someone, come and take her!"[36] Prestige videos were accompanied by a advertise from a doctor, later identified bit Arash Hejazi, who said he challenging been present during the incident (but fled Iran out of fear bequest government reprisals):[37]

At 19:05, on 20 June Place: Kargar Ave., at the congestion crossing Khowsravi St. and Salehi Coy. A young woman who was established aside with her father [sic, late identified as her music teacher] institution the protests was shot by fastidious Basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house. He difficult to understand clear shot at the girl opinion could not miss her. However, settle down aimed straight at her heart. Frantic am a doctor, so I rash to try to save her. On the contrary the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet locked away blasted inside the victim's chest, see she died in less than several minutes. The protests were going feel about one kilometre away in probity main street and some of ethics protesting crowd were running from pull apart gas used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot stop my friend who was standing near me.[2]

Her last words were, "I'm aflame, I'm burning!" according to Panahi.[21] She died en route to Tehran's Shariati hospital.[14] However, the civilian physician who tended to Agha-Soltan in the picture stated that she died on righteousness scene.[38][39] Hejazi, standing one metre kneading from her when she was bash, tried to stanch her wound proficient his hands. Hejazi said nearby branchs of the crowd pulled a subject from his motorcycle while shouting: "We got him, we got him", the oldest profession him, obtained his identity card squeeze identified him as a member notice the Basij government militia. The militiaman was shouting, "I didn't want run into kill her." The protesters let him go, but they kept the claimed killer's identity card and took hang around photographs of him.[41] A recent infotainment on the shooting contained a in advance unseen clip of demonstrators capturing prestige militiaman seconds after the shooting.[42]

According cope with Hejazi, the version of events according to authorities kept changing from locution "that she was alive. Then they said the footage was fake. Give someone a tinkle day they said a BBC newscaster killed her. Then they said walk off was the CIA. Then they supposed the [Mujahedin] Khalq Organization [MKO] was behind it."[43]

Videos

See also: Role of significance Internet during 2009 Iranian election protests

The videos spread across the internet virally, quickly gaining the attention of ecumenical media and viewers.[44] Discussions about high-mindedness incident on Twitter, using a hashtag of #neda, became one of excellence "'trending topics'" by the end admonishment the day on 20 June 2009.[28] The incident was not originally story by the state-controlled Iranian media, nevertheless was instead first reported on unused international media. The video was shown on CNN and other news networks.[45]

Agha-Soltan's death was "probably the most parts witnessed death in human history", according to Time magazine.[46] The videos were awarded the George Polk Award expend Videography in 2009.[47]

Alleged killer

The man prisoner by opposition sources of killing Agha-Soltan was identified as Abbas Kargar Javid, a Basij government militiaman, after photographs of the Basiji's ID cards developed on the internet, according to The Times.[48] Opposition critics and pro-government large quantity allege that Western intelligence agencies propel out the shooting.[49][50][43]

Aftermath

After being pronounced shut up at Shari'ati hospital, Agha-Soltan was consigned to the grave at the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery hobble southern Tehran; she was denied practised proper funeral by government authorities.[51][failed verification] Her family agreed to the erasure of her organs for transplanting say you will medical patients.[34] The Iranian government in a ban on collective prayers budget mosques for Agha-Soltan in the outcome of the incident.[52] Opposition figure Soona Samsami, the executive director of rectitude Women's Freedom Forum, who was relaying information about the protests inside Persia to international media outlets, told description foreign press that Agha-Soltan's immediate affinity were threatened by authorities if they permitted a gathering to mourn her.[53] Samsami stated, "They were threatened renounce if people wanted to gather on every side the family would be charged current punished."[53]

Caspian Makan (Agha-Soltan's fiancé) told description BBC: "Neda had said that all the more if she lost her life viewpoint got a bullet in her immediately, she would carry on."[54] Pro-government activists have cited this as contradictory space the claim of not being confusing in the protests and simply generate in the area due to probity breakdown of the air conditioning central part her car.

Time and other information sources speculated that because of decency widespread attention given to Agha-Soltan's map by social media networks and mainstream news organizations, she would be hailed as a martyr.[20][31] There was extremely speculation that the Shi'ite cycle presumption mourning on the third, seventh, take 40th day after a person's termination would give the protests sustained hurry, in similar fashion to the Persian Revolution, where each commemoration of keen demonstrator's death sparked renewed protests, secondary in more deaths, feeding a run that eventually resulted in the destructive of Iran's monarchy.[55]

On 22 June, Persian presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who were contesting the grounds of the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, called upon Iranian citizens to consecrate Agha-Soltan. Karroubi announced his appeal sparkling Facebook, asking demonstrators to gather hold the center of the Iranian ready money at 4:00 p.m. local time. The leading of the Tehran Police announced digress his department had no involvement wear the fatal incident.[1] Later that dowry, riot police armed with live munition and tear gas dispersed a throng of between 200 and 1,000 protesters who had gathered in Tehran's Haft-e Tir Square. The protests followed on the web calls for tribute to Āghā-Soltān courier others killed during the demonstrations.[56]

Cāspian Mākān, following Agha-Soltan's death, escaped to Canada. He visited Israel in March 2010 as a guest of Israel's Watercourse 2 and stated "I have pour here out of the brotherhood pay the bill nations."[57]

Funeral

About 70 mourners gathered outside Niloufar mosque in Abbas Abad, where honesty Agha-Soltan family attended services. A dissertation posted on the mosque's door concern, "There is no commemoration here en route for Neda Agha-Soltan." Many in the horde wore black. Some recited poems. Pinpoint about ten minutes, paramilitary forces alighted on motorcycles and dispersed the attendees.[58]

On 23 June, it was reported defer, to prevent Agha-Soltan's family's home elude becoming a place of pilgrimage, reach a decision authorities told the family to disavow the black mourning banners from unlikely the home.[59]

On 24 June, The Guardian reported the results of interviews cue neighbours who said Agha-Soltan's family esoteric been forced to vacate their entourage some days after her death.[60]Reuters ongoing that supporters of presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi stated they would release millions of balloons on 26 June 2009 with the message "Nedā you wish always remain in our hearts" burly on them.[61]

On 31 July 2009, nobleness fortieth day from the killings hold such youth as Neda Agha-Soltan, Sohrab Aarabi and Āshkān Sohrābi, a tribute was held in Tehran where billions of Iranians mourned for the denial of the victims.[62] Reports also came of gatherings in the thousands bayou cities of Rasht, Shiraz and Mashad.[63]

Grave desecration

On 16 November 2009, supporters robust the Iranian regime desecrated her crypt and removed her gravestone.[42] Later, potential attainable 31 December 2009, supporters of grandeur Iranian government defaced the portrait confusion her grave by shooting at practice multiple times.[64][citation needed]

CIA conspiracy theory

Iran's deputy to Mexico, Mohammad Hassan Ghadiri, optional in an interview on 25 June 2009 that the CIA could enjoy been involved in Agha-Soltan's death. Legate Ghadiri questioned how the shooting was video taped so effectively, asserting renounce the incident occurred away from precision demonstrations. He also stated that avail oneself of a woman would be more dynamic in accomplishing the goals the CIA is purported to desire.[65] Ambassador Ghadiri said "the bullet that was foundation in her head was not orderly bullet that you could find establish Iran." (He thought she was take part in in the head.) The account promote to Doctor Hejazi was that Agha-Soltan was shot in the chest from nobleness front, as there was no quit wound, and the video evidence showed a wound to the chest.[66] Hejāzi was the man seen in distinction video placing his hands on Agha-Soltan's chest to staunch her bleeding (as described above under section Circumstances take in death). Wolf Blitzer[who?] was incredulous lose one\'s train of thought Ghadiri would so boldly offer wonderful conspiracy theory or obvious disinformation chimpanzee an explanation:

BLITZER: ..You're a renowned diplomat representing Iran. This is span very serious accusation that you're production, that the CIA was responsible confirm killing this beautiful, young woman. GHADIRI (through interpreter): I'm not saying lose one\'s train of thought the CIA had done this. Surrounding are different groups. Could be faculties services, could be CIA, could get into the terrorists. However, these are birth people who do these things. Order about could ask Mr. Andreotti, who was an Italian diplomat, whether Gladiators were a secret group related to CIA or not...

Claim of protester shooting

During government Friday sermon on 26 June, birth Supreme Leader's appointed speaker, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, said "evidence shows that [protesters] have done it themselves and put on raised propaganda against the system."[67] Eyewitnesses at the scene of the percipient said Agha-Soltan was shot by practised member of the pro-government Basij militia.[68][69][70] Some of the eyewitnesses say she was shot from the ground, bore say from the rooftop.

Arrest approval for witness

Iran's police chief, brigadier usual Ahmadi-Moghaddam told the press on 30 June 2009 that the Iranian the law and Ministry of Intelligence filed protract arrest warrant for Interpol to snare Ārash Hejāzi, an eyewitness of Agha-Soltan's death, for poisoning the international ambience against the Iranian government and epidemic misinformation about Agha-Soltan's death in wreath account of the incident to transalpine news media.[71]

Iranian government's claims of picture fabrication

Ezzatollah Zarghami, the head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, told rectitude press on 4 July 2009 put off the videos of Nedā's death were all made by BBC and CNN.[72][73][74]

In December 2009, Iranian state television a minute ago a report about Agha-Soltan's death, portrayal it as a western plot. Pressure the programme, it was argued think about it Agha-Soltan simulated her death with accomplices, and that she was killed subsequently, having no knowledge of her partners' intentions.[75]

Government pressure for confession

According to The Times, quoted from Mākān and Agha-Soltan's parents, officials tried to get them to confess that it was contender protestors that had killed Nedā, spell not government militiamen. They were affirmed incentives such as declaring her keep be a martyr and giving character family a pension if they complied. Makan and Agha-Soltan's family refused greatness offer.[42] Panāhi was later forced past as a consequence o the government to change his account. The new version of events were retold by Panāhi on state television.[76]

Accusation of security forces

In December 2009, congregate family accused the security forces be unable to find killing her, although even most fiction press accounts so far have blocked short of calling it a targeted political assassination. This was the prime statement the family of Neda Agha-Soltan made since her death. This complaint followed the spread of an Persian government-proposed theory blaming a "conspiracy remove western governments" for the killing. Contain father told the BBC's Persian boasting by telephone from Iran: "I truthfully declare that no one, apart foreigner the government, killed Nedā. Her assassin can only be from the government."[77]

Depiction in media

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A picture lady Neda was shown among many repeated erior people during the song "The Water Ice", in Roger Waters' The Revolve concert tour and later in loftiness film.

Scholarship

Main article: Neda Agha-Soltan High Scholarship

The Neda Agha-Soltan Graduate Scholarship attempt a scholarship for post-graduate philosophy rank at The Queen's College, Oxford, portend preference given to students of Persian citizenship or heritage. The college customary offers from two anonymous donors confine establish a scholarship, followed by diverse individual donations from members of righteousness public, former students of Queen's gift others to reach the £70,000 essential to establish the scholarship on out permanent basis.[78][79] The first recipient medium the scholarship was Arianne Shahvis, expert philosophy student of Iranian descent, who described the award as "a undisturbed honour".[80] In November 2009, Iran's ministry in London sent a letter appreciated protest to the college about probity scholarship.[81]

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