Scarlet
06-24-2009, 08:47 PM
Who is Neda apart from just another dead Arab?
Who shot her and why?
Why is the government suppressing all reports?
Does it suit the super powers to stand back and allow these atrocities to continue?
Because of the restrictions imposed on the international media and reporting within Iran it is impossible, as yet, to verify independently much of what has been claimed.
It would appear that at the time of her death, Neda was 26 years old and the kind of intelligent, liberal-minded, middle-class young woman who has been at the forefront of many of the demonstrations against the Islamic hardliners in recent days.
But in an interview with the BBC Persian service, Makan gave a very
different account of his fiancee's death. He apparently suggested that Neda had been caught up accidentally in a demonstration.
He said that she supported neither the president nor the defeated candidate, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, but was sympathetic to the protests.
'She was near the area, a few streets away from where the main protests were taking place,' he was quoted as saying. 'She was with her music teacher, sitting in a car and stuck in traffic. She was feeling very tired and very hot. She got out of the car for just a few minutes.'
Although the Iranian state media has chosen to ignore her story and the government has banned public displays of mourning for her, Neda's face is appearing on placards and posters around Tehran.
Who shot her and why?
Why is the government suppressing all reports?
Does it suit the super powers to stand back and allow these atrocities to continue?
Because of the restrictions imposed on the international media and reporting within Iran it is impossible, as yet, to verify independently much of what has been claimed.
It would appear that at the time of her death, Neda was 26 years old and the kind of intelligent, liberal-minded, middle-class young woman who has been at the forefront of many of the demonstrations against the Islamic hardliners in recent days.
But in an interview with the BBC Persian service, Makan gave a very
different account of his fiancee's death. He apparently suggested that Neda had been caught up accidentally in a demonstration.
He said that she supported neither the president nor the defeated candidate, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, but was sympathetic to the protests.
'She was near the area, a few streets away from where the main protests were taking place,' he was quoted as saying. 'She was with her music teacher, sitting in a car and stuck in traffic. She was feeling very tired and very hot. She got out of the car for just a few minutes.'
Although the Iranian state media has chosen to ignore her story and the government has banned public displays of mourning for her, Neda's face is appearing on placards and posters around Tehran.