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Neda Agha Soltan (1992-2009)
A Voice of a People - A Call to Freedom
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I am crying as I write this.
It is rapidly becoming the most galvanizing image in a week of drama and tragedy - perhaps the most image-saturated week in the history of the internet. I am talking about the unbelievable and heartbreaking events in Iran, a week of human drama captured in TwitPics, Flikr photos, YouTube videos, cellphone camera pics and blogs and hi-def video and...
Despite the billions upon billions of megapixels of imagery that have been captured to characterize this clash -- seas of greens, motorcyle thugs, clouds of tear gas, masked protesters -- one image is starting to make an impression above all the others, even in the short-attention-span universe of Twitter.
Early today, a beautiful young woman was demonstrating in Tehran, along with her father. When friction between the Basiji - the brutal packs of militia that patrol the streets of Tehran, beating women and children and students -- and the demonstrators broke out, it was her ill-fortune to become one of the first victims of Basiji homicide, though she was doing nothing more than standing by innocently, watching.
It is said that a Basij sniper shot her through the heart, simply to see her die.
The final moments of her tender young life leaked into the pavement of Karegeh Street today, captured by cell phone cameras. And not long after, took on new life, flickering across computer screens around the world on YouTube, and even CNN.
The words of her fellow students, her fellow Iranians are already burning an indelible message into cyberspace. Within minutes of her name being identified, it became the fastest-rising 'trending topic' on Twitter.
Her name was Neda, an innocent bystander shot dead just for watching.
We are Neda and all those who fell with her.
Neda is one Iranian. Neda is all Iranians.
RT May God cradle #NEDA in Peace and wake her soul to show her that she was not lost for nothing, her blood rained freedom
The World cries seeing your last breath, you didn't die in vain. We remember you.
It has been reported that the name Neda means voice or call in Farsi...
Her name was Neda...
She is the voice of the people. She is a call to freedom.
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{"commentId":7761146,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
I can't bring myself to link to the footage of her unspeakably tragic death.
{"commentId":7761146,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
- 29 votes
#1 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:54 PM EDT{"commentId":7761639,"authorDomain":"kksfeather-1"}
Beautifully written and it brought me to tears also. Her life taken senselessly has invoked poignant understanding and support of people world wide.
{"commentId":7761639,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"kksfeather-1"}
- 17 votes
{"commentId":7762610,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
You really have no idea what's going on, do you...
Please. Don't answer that.
{"commentId":7762610,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
- 18 votes
{"commentId":7762685,"authorDomain":"krisam"}
I am deeply sorrowful. I have not seen the footage of this young woman's murder. I send prayers to her family and to the Iranian people. You will get your Freedom! You will get Justice! Neda's spirit and the spirits of those who were murdered will be the invisilbe force that will ousted this horrible government out! Be not Afraid, Be Brave!
{"commentId":7762685,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"krisam"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":7762717,"authorDomain":"browncowzz"}
{"commentId":7762794,"authorDomain":"browncowzz"}
{"commentId":7762950,"authorDomain":"sherwood-1"}
oop's
{"commentId":7762950,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"sherwood-1"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":7763249,"authorDomain":"blessed-isles"}
Thank you, Syn. I can put up with a lot but when the attacks get personal against someone as dedicated and unselfish as Dennis has been in devoting himself to the uprising in Iran and the plight of these very courageous people, when someone whose prejudice interferes in the genuine mourning of a gentle soul martyred in the battle for freedom and turns that vitriol on someone like Dennis, enough is far too much. Thank you.
{"commentId":7763249,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"blessed-isles"}
- 9 votes
{"commentId":7763426,"authorDomain":"krisam"}
This is not a comedy!
{"commentId":7763426,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"krisam"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":7763447,"authorDomain":"browncowzz"}
{"commentId":7763463,"authorDomain":"boofat1"}
Wonderfully written. Tragic. I pray her family and friends find peace.
{"commentId":7763463,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"boofat1"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":7763467,"authorDomain":"sherwood-1"}
That is what my oops was about, I wrote a reply that wasn't quite as civil as synths was and hit post just before he deleted them so I wiped mine. I see I am tempted again.
{"commentId":7763467,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"sherwood-1"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":7763514,"authorDomain":"fredegrar"}
I can't bring myself to link to the footage of her unspeakably tragic death.
I couldn't either. Saw the video just minutes after seeding a really basic article earlier today on the situation there and I've just been at a loss since.
{"commentId":7763514,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"fredegrar"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":7763591,"authorDomain":"hello-newman55"}
Thanks for seeding this. I will not find the footage either. It's enough to know the story. In the end, this may mark the begining of a new day of freedom for the Persian people.
{"commentId":7763591,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"hello-newman55"}
- 10 votes
{"commentId":7765784,"authorDomain":"sal1967"}
This is horrid.... just God awful.
This kind of tyranny should die
It is sad we know her name only now, and this is the image of her life.
{"commentId":7765784,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"sal1967"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":7767981,"authorDomain":"alkimija"}
{"commentId":7768278,"authorDomain":"johnny09"}
george mullah bush didn't say much either, just that god helped him stop drinking. Certain factions of god heard that as a liscence, and Iraq war was runnin. Don't for a minute believe that what is unsaid by a leader will be ignored.
{"commentId":7768278,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"johnny09"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":7768319,"authorDomain":"blessed-isles"}
The biggest foreign interference in Iran today are the mercenaries from Gaza and Lebanon shipped in by Ahmadinejad and Khamenei.
{"commentId":7768319,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"blessed-isles"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":7768363,"authorDomain":"dsanthony"}
It is impossible not to sympathize with the Iranian protestors, but few people are discussing the realistic outcomes of this. If they do succeed in bringing down the Ayatollah, what will replace him. It's find to shout "Free Iran" but do Iranians really want what the West considers "freedom?" Will they simply replace one theocratic leader with another?
{"commentId":7768363,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"dsanthony"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":7768980,"authorDomain":"DEBE"}
alkimja:
Evidently you haven't been listening to the voices of Iran. I have watched twitter post after post declaring that this is their fight for freedom and are sick of their government trying to make it a "foreign" intervention rather than what these people really want. It is no longer about the stolen election - it is about their government hearing their voices.
The coward thatshot and murdered this beautiful young women was a Basiji and part of the Regime. You sound just like the Ayahtolla and it is sad that you would continue the voice of someone who is not even listening to their own people. The Regime is trying to create the same ol' Boogie Man (foreigners) when the people in Iran actually want to integrate and be more opened to the world.
Please read my post regarding statements by our own elected officials in the republican party. This type of opinionated rhetoric is destructive and disgusting. Please read the twitter post and may be catch a few clips showing on CNN. It might help you understand more of what is going on in Iran.
I have not heard a thing about other countries intervening in the Iranian uprising. Perhaps you have links proving your statement.
I still am crying for this senseless death and crying for the deaths of so many (The total of deaths since the beginning of this demonstration is up past 100 people).
{"commentId":7768980,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"DEBE"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":7769627,"authorDomain":"brienamb"}
Adoni said those that curse Israel will be cursed and those that bless Israel will be blessed. Is Iran being cursed right now?
I have been visiting sites posted by Twitterers, and have seen the pict of this dead girl, and a video of the beating of a 7 year old by these Storm Troopers. Not that this is out of the ordinary for a Hitlerian style government.
My heart hangs very heavy for the people of Iran. There is no reason for this other than a bunch of thugs have taken over the government and are treating the people of Iran as if they were all uneducated villagers, kept in poverty to be used as pawns of mullahs carrying on terrorism and brutality from Iraq to Palestine, and Afghanistan to Africa. When the head honcho orders the crowds to cease, and the demonstrations to stop, threatens and uses brutality, they do not think anything of the people but only of maintaining their own power.
We are seeing first hand the depth and breath of the thugs Ahmadinijad and his handler Khameni have brought in to quiet the streets in cities all across the country. They stole the election, tried to justify it just by pronouncing it 'fair', give a recount to 10% of the vote, and now nazi police take to the street beating and killing innocent bystanders.
One video did show the police run from a crowd of protestors who were throwing rocks and bottles at them. This encouraged the crowd, which filled the entire width, breath, and depth till the camera lost the view in the distance, to charge after the police.
{"commentId":7769627,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"brienamb"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":7770196,"authorDomain":"ftmackinc"}
In a way this is the very worst part...video of the young woman we are all calling Neda just before she was shot...
Her is the young women with her father....just before being murdered by these insane dictators and their thugs...
{"commentId":7770196,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"ftmackinc"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":7774036,"authorDomain":"sal1967"}
I am glad her picture was put on top... she was a beautiful young woman.
too young to die.
{"commentId":7774036,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"sal1967"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":7774914,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":7775179,"authorDomain":"hyder"}
I thought these were appropriate for this:
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.” - JFK
“Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire.” Kurt Tucholsky
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” - Mao
{"commentId":7775179,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"hyder"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":7787208,"authorDomain":"tyler"}
I guess chanting and hoping for the death of others isn't so fun when the tables are turned on you ..IS IT:)
Why wait all the way through suspension, then come back with a sockpuppet, sardonic snark, now browncowzz?
Banned, multiple accounts + last strike anyway.
{"commentId":7787208,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"tyler"}
- 11 votes
{"commentId":7789989,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":7790002,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":7761218,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
That image, more than any other from the past 8 days, will haunt me for the rest of my life. A beautiful young woman, an innocent, a life brutally ended.
I have no more words...
{"commentId":7761218,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
- 18 votes
#2 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:03 PM EDT{"commentId":7761474,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
Synth, I twitted a link to this, and saw it RT'd a few times. Hope you don't mind.
{"commentId":7761474,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
- 17 votes
{"commentId":7762145,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
I'm thinking I'd pull the lever myself.
Jeez, what a horrible thought....
{"commentId":7762145,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
- 11 votes
{"commentId":7761263,"authorDomain":"poppasgirl65"}
I can't believe the horror that is going on. The people want their voice to be heard and they are fighting for their freedom. What was done to this beautiful young girl is beyond words for me! I will go and say prayers for her family along with peace to come to Iran. May the people be victorous in their fight and the fallen never forgotten.
{"commentId":7761263,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"poppasgirl65"}
- 16 votes
#3 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:08 PM EDT{"commentId":7761313,"authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
Damn. I don't even know what to say. Beautiful, Synth.
{"commentId":7761313,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
- 13 votes
#4 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:14 PM EDT{"commentId":7773296,"authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
In checking back, I just noticed her birth year. She's a year older then me. @!$%#, man.
{"commentId":7773296,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":7773757,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":7761323,"authorDomain":"taylan-wenzel"}
I am Turkish and watched the video of poor Neda pass into the next life twice. I am angry and furious at what is happening. I am solemn and prayerful for the beautiful Neda, and I will always remember her beautiful face. I wish I had known how graphic it was, I would not have watched it, but I was in so much shock that I let it loop again. My mind can't erase the horror of it.
Please pray brothers and sisters, we are all human beings. Pray for Iran's children, that they get the freedom that they deserve. Neda's death did not go in vain, we will always remember her.
{"commentId":7761323,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"taylan-wenzel"}
- 16 votes
#5 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:16 PM EDT{"commentId":7761391,"authorDomain":"aislinn-o-connor"}
Amen to that!
{"commentId":7761391,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"aislinn-o-connor"}
- 15 votes
{"commentId":7761794,"authorDomain":"inghar2004"}
Neda died today, and yet she lives! Allah be praised. Thanks for the tribute, Syn, it is very moving.
{"commentId":7761794,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"inghar2004"}
- 11 votes
{"commentId":7762978,"authorDomain":"caroaber"}
When CNN showed this footage, they pixillated her face. I'd prefer they hadn't done that, though they're saying it was done out of respect for her and her family.
I believe that the brutality of a repressive government should not be muted. Let the world see what is really happening.
{"commentId":7762978,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"caroaber"}
- 11 votes
{"commentId":7769249,"authorDomain":"spikegary"}
Taylen-Beautifully said, Avi.
{"commentId":7769249,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"spikegary"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":7769712,"authorDomain":"greg-oden-number-20"}
The current theocratic regime in Tehran came to power in 1979 shouting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel". These are also the same mullahs that did not blink twice when they sent hundreds of thousands of Iranian boys to their deaths during the Iran-Iraq war in the 80's.
So we should not be surprised that these mullahs are more than willing to shoot Neda and her fellow youth.
{"commentId":7769712,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"greg-oden-number-20"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":7772020,"authorDomain":"serpad"}
A little known fact: the chants of Death to "insert noun here" don't actually mean what you think. The meaning is changed in translation. A more appropriate translation would be "down with" or "to hell with". People even say "death to myself" sometimes, yet they don't actually mean they want themselves to die.
Back to the topic at hand, I saw Neda's video and I must say I was deeply moved. There are some things that one wishes could be unseen and that is definitely one of them.
{"commentId":7772020,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"serpad"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":7761334,"authorDomain":"DEBE"}
I was watching CNN when the video of this women was being shown. There was no information at the time I posted. Thank you for putting a name to her face. I just can not fathom the shear cruelity of the Iranian Regime:
This is what I was posting at the time of Nada's death in the streets of Tehran.
Watching the videos coming out of Iran - More women are marching along side the men. I think the women are the driving force and it is not going to go away. Some are even calling this a "lip-stick" revolution. I guess they are sick to death of the treatment they have received from the Regime.
The Stoning Soraya M" movie regarding stoning of women who spoke up for her rights in 1983 Iran (Based on True Story) Opens in select theaters around the world. Some Iranians protest this movie because they feel it portrays Iranians as cruel and inhumane people.
Women are a moving force within the protesters and are not willing to give up their freedoms. Any interference from outside will be met with severe force and bloodshed, some fear.
There is a video of a women who was shot and killed and laid in a pool of her own blood in the streets of Tehran (now showing on CNN)
There was also a video of a man who had been shot in the stomach. They were trying to get him off the street. They set him down and people with cell phones were taking videos of him. My heart is breaking for the protesters.
{"commentId":7761334,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"DEBE"}
- 13 votes
#6 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:17 PM EDT{"commentId":7761443,"authorDomain":"SirKnightsLady"}
Neda. :( Not the only one to die, but the one we all watched die.
{"commentId":7761443,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"SirKnightsLady"}
- 14 votes
#7 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:27 PM EDT{"commentId":7761497,"authorDomain":"baaraan"}
ندا، با جان خودش بدنیا ندای ازادی داد. با یاد ندا، ندای ازادی از یاد دنیا نخواهد رفت
{"commentId":7761497,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"baaraan"}
- 10 votes
#8 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:32 PM EDT{"commentId":7761996,"authorDomain":"baaraan"}
Her name is Neda: voice, call, and also echo. A rough translation then would be:
"With Echo's life, freedom echoed across the world.
With Echo's memory, the echo of freedom shall not vanish from the world."
Let's hope so.
{"commentId":7761996,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"baaraan"}
- 15 votes
{"commentId":7764106,"authorDomain":"damansahni"}
Insha Allah
This together with the Poem from the rooptops.....brought me to tears.
{"commentId":7764106,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"damansahni"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":7766426,"authorDomain":"sal1967"}
Beautiful baaraan... she will echo the voice of Iran.
{"commentId":7766426,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"sal1967"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":7761537,"authorDomain":"blessed-isles"}
Her name was Neda...
She is the voice of the people. She is a call to freedom.
She will not be forgotten.
{"commentId":7761537,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"blessed-isles"}
- 14 votes
#9 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:36 PM EDT{"commentId":7761624,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
From Daily KOS:
Written by the doctor who tried to save her: 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.
{"commentId":7761624,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
- 15 votes
#10 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:47 PM EDT{"commentId":7765709,"authorDomain":"WILDWONDERFUL"}
Synthesis
I have not read everything browncow wrote but the comments you collapsed I don't believe you should have done such.
I read your article with compassion and mourn this young gals death as well.
{"commentId":7765709,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"WILDWONDERFUL"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":7761691,"authorDomain":"hamid"}
Thank you Synthesis,
It's so important to proudly display her name, she is not just a casualty number. I certainly will not forget her name, and I'm sure many others will remember her lovingly as well...
{"commentId":7761691,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"hamid"}
- 10 votes
#11 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:52 PM EDT{"commentId":7761747,"authorDomain":"DEBE"}
Moussavi was/is prepared to be martyred, but I have a feeling this is going to be the start of a "revolution" the likes Iran has never seen. This beautiful young lady will be remember throughout time as the "Nada -Sweet Martyr of the Iranian Revolution for Freedom". I doubt if anyone will ever forget.
{"commentId":7761747,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"DEBE"}
- 8 votes
#12 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:58 PM EDT{"commentId":7761752,"authorDomain":"newsblog903"}
This has pretty much wiped me out. I will never forget her. Some things stay with you for as long as you live. This is one.
Last night on t.v. I heard the wonderful Beverly Sills sing a beautiful lullaby. It talked about having to leave and how she will always love the one she was leaving. I dedicate this song to Neda.
{"commentId":7761752,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"newsblog903"}
- 11 votes
#13 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:58 PM EDT{"commentId":7761895,"authorDomain":"newsblog903"}
Here is the u-tube of Beverly singing what I now call Neda's song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoXHfNGtccc&feature=related
Please listen.
{"commentId":7761895,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"newsblog903"}
- 9 votes
#14 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:11 PM EDT{"commentId":7762599,"authorDomain":"jayne-1168290"}
Thank you, Newsblog. That was beautiful. I too will call it Neda's song. I've been crying for Neda for hours now, along with most of the world.
{"commentId":7762599,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"jayne-1168290"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":7769893,"authorDomain":"An-uncommon-scold"}
News blog, Debeki and Baaraan,
I'd love to have you repost your thought on my seed:
http://an-uncommon-scold.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/20/2952341-iran-a-feminist-revolution
Or, if you choose not to, could I have permission to repost there?
{"commentId":7769893,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"An-uncommon-scold"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":7769943,"authorDomain":"newsblog903"}
Certainly Loretta
You do it as I'm so tired right now.
{"commentId":7769943,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"newsblog903"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":7770383,"authorDomain":"An-uncommon-scold"}
Thank you. I appreciate it. Hope you feel better soon.
{"commentId":7770383,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"An-uncommon-scold"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":7772031,"authorDomain":"DEBE"}
Loretta:
Please use anything I have posted that you feel has some effect. I would greatly appreciate it because I don't know how to navigate that well. Thank you so much.
I am watching this on CNN again. This story has exploded all over the world. Some reports of the Arab nations condeming this murder has surfaced, but only a slight mention - nothing noteworthy.
{"commentId":7772031,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"DEBE"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":7772167,"authorDomain":"An-uncommon-scold"}
Thank you. I wondered about what the other Arab nations were saying. I would imagine a lot is being said behind the scenes.
Her photo is said to have be on posters and signs carried by the protestors all over Tehran. She's become their symbol. I hope that gives her family comfort in the coming years. I'm sure nothing can at the moment.
{"commentId":7772167,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"An-uncommon-scold"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":7772276,"authorDomain":"DEBE"}
Christiana Amanpour is showing a special on CNN right now. This is where I got a lot of information. CNN has focused all weekend on this. They are saying "Neda is the face of the revolution". This is the most profound picture of "murdered innocents" coming out of Iran.
I noticed more and more women on the streets even today. I really don't think the Ayahtolla knew what kind of resolve Iranian women have when you are treated less than human.
Kill our children and we will annihilate you - so says every mother in the world. We may not have the weapons or guns - but what we do have is a "mother's love" and there is nothing more powerful than that and will never be broken or oppressed.
{"commentId":7772276,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"DEBE"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":7772985,"authorDomain":"An-uncommon-scold"}
Well said. I don't think they thought any of this would happen. This government is killing itself and its power.
They can no longer hide what they do from the world. The protesters have turned into an army of international reporters. They will never go back to feeling helpless, even if the violence inflicted on them by the government temporarily forces them into stopping the protests. They proven they are saavy and can coordinate a viable campaign to change their government.
Neda is the face of their movement. She will continue to inspire them.
{"commentId":7772985,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"An-uncommon-scold"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":7774242,"authorDomain":"sal1967"}
When you taste freedom, you do not want it gone...
when there is hope that is choked, people will fight to free it.
{"commentId":7774242,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"sal1967"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":7774549,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":7761909,"authorDomain":"unethical"}
Nothing has been as disturbing as this so far.
if you don't mind, maybe I cut and paste your writing on our site? Can I credit this link as I don't have your name?
{"commentId":7761909,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"unethical"}
- 10 votes
#15 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:13 PM EDT{"commentId":7761939,"authorDomain":"nearing"}
A beautiful tribute to a beautiful soul.
Rest peacefully Neda. Know that you are loved and honored!
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- 12 votes
#16 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:16 PM EDT{"commentId":7761956,"authorDomain":"sherwood-1"}
I hope that the person that did that lives a very long and pitiful time and that the image of her dying haunts him through all of his life and through all eternity.
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- 9 votes
#17 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:18 PM EDT{"commentId":7761986,"authorDomain":"jimrousch"}
A sick event. This tragedy should not go unavenged.
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- 9 votes
#18 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:21 PM EDT{"commentId":7762085,"authorDomain":"sherwood-1"}
An eye for an eye until we are all blind--Gandhi
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- 7 votes
{"commentId":7763147,"authorDomain":"adklugherz"}
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart
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- 5 votes
{"commentId":7767440,"authorDomain":"jinxx"}
Revenge...hmm, by whom? Who will "sponsor" this Revenge? Revenge only escalates more dead human lives and we will see more dead children shot.
The Tibetans who suffered at the hands of the Communists China have never gotten their justice. No one's helped them but we Americans have allowed the CCP to grow and prosper with our MADE in CHINA goods.
If we are to stop the murdering hoards in other lands we must support the causes of the underdog and push for sovereignty, not by REVENGE but by strengthening our foreign influence in friendly nations and nations affiliated with the country in peril. We can start by quitting the feeding of dragons with arms and money and allowing them to have a voice for REAL Democracy on the airwaves.
Nada's story was told and many like her should be a call to judgment and strong resolution to do the above not revenge.
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":7772312,"authorDomain":"jimrousch"}
Do you remember what happened to Ghandi? He was assassinated by a religious fanatic.
Maybe the whole world should go blind. It would teach the next generation a lesson.
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- 5 votes
{"commentId":7762006,"authorDomain":"Parskahye"}
I am an Armenian from Iran and I consider it my home. I have lived in Canada since the revolution, but been back several times.
I knew I would see horrific things pass today but this will be burned into the memories of many, Iranian and otherwise. Neda may be gone from this world, but she will become the face of this revolution.
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- 10 votes
#19 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:23 PM EDT{"commentId":7772163,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":7762091,"authorDomain":"american24"}
I just want to say that while America and Iran may have had differences over the last few years NOW I know why.. its not the Iranian people, its the corrupt and brutal govt.
I want you all over there in Iran to know, that you have our prayers tonight.
I hope you Iranians can take your country back and avenge that poor girls death.
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- 10 votes
#21 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:31 PM EDT{"commentId":7762109,"authorDomain":"jsbach"}
I was just reminded of something. When the twin towers fell, there was dancing in the streets of many Arab counties. But, in Tehran, candles were lit with the people quietly demonstrating their sadness for our tragedy. I remember that. I really remember that.
I hope for the success of the Iranian people. I am very sad for Neda's family and I pray that Mousavi is deserving of these extraordinary people.
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- 13 votes
#22 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:33 PM EDT{"commentId":7762218,"authorDomain":"blessed-isles"}
Mousavi is not the same man he was a week ago. These people, these wonderful, courageous people, have reshaped him by their intransigent will.
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- 11 votes
{"commentId":7763071,"authorDomain":"kksfeather-1"}
The spark, the drive for freedom has always come from the heart of the people. And it has always been through the courage and strong spirit of the people that freedom has been won. We share with each Iranian deep understanding and offer our prayers and support.
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- 5 votes
{"commentId":7762217,"authorDomain":"unclebeen"}
I'm trying hard not to let hatred boil up in me when seeing such senseless acts of destruction committed by hateful men, because I don't want to be like them, nor do I want anyone to be like them.
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- 7 votes
#23 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:44 PM EDT{"commentId":7766084,"authorDomain":"aislinn-o-connor"}
It's one of the many painful aspects of the situation that so many people who believe in peace, friendship, acceptance and mutual respect (including me) are now having to struggle to preserve those beliefs against the feelings of hostility and desire for vengeance these events are causing.
I know full well that hatred only breeds more hatred, and violence breeds escalating violence, and I realize how important it is that all of us who wish Iran well use any influence we can to encourage calmness and a smooth transition to a true democracy, rather than help to fuel an all-too-possible descent into a full-on blood-bath.
It IS a worthy battle, right enough - but right now it's very, very hard.
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":7762233,"authorDomain":"SpookyET"}
This is Neda: http://digg.com/d1uOW5
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- 6 votes
#24 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:45 PM EDT{"commentId":7762280,"authorDomain":"carloz"}
Beautiful, Synthesis, thanks. Rest in peace, Neda, and may peace return to your country soon.
{"commentId":7762280,"threadId":"608502","contentId":"2951910","authorDomain":"carloz"}
- 11 votes
#25 - Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:48 PM EDT{"commentId":7769106,"authorDomain":"Aunk"}
Amen
ASR Neda
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- 8 votes
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