Neda Agha-Soltan, who was shot during post-election protests in Tehran one year ago today, has become a potent symbol for the Iranian opposition all over the world. afp/getty imagesFor The Love Of Neda: Iran Angered By New Film -- The Independent
A year after footage of Neda Agha-Soltan's death in Tehran shocked the world, her mother tells Emily Dugan why she won't be cowed by threats.
In death, Neda Agha-Soltan is the tragic symbol of Iran's struggle for democracy. Her dying moments, after being shot in the chest a year ago in the protests that followed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed election victory, were captured by onlookers on their mobile phones. That scene in a Tehran street, as fellow protesters struggled to help her, quickly went viral, spreading via computer screens across the world.
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My Comment: The Iranian regime understands the power of symbols and martyrs .... they use symbols all the time .... hence their fear of a simple documentary and the words of a mother who has lost a loved one.
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