Angel of Iran: Martyr of Our Times?
She was no religiously-motivated suicide bomber, or a martyr dying purposefully to 'liberate occupied lands.' Neda Agha Soltani, now dubbed the 'Angel of Iran,' was gunned down Saturday in Tehran as she got out of her car for a breather on a warm day. She was caught in a wave of protests against the theocratic Ahmadinejad regime. She was likely killed by a pro-government Basij militiaman. The Basij is a revolutionary, people's (volunteer) paramilitary force founded by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Supreme Guide of the Islamic Revolution. The Basij is dedicated to the preservation of the principles of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. They take their marching orders from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Here is the Angel's story and the disturbing footage:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1195060/The-YouTube-Martyr-How-Neda-Agha-Soltan-symbol-help-topple-Irans-fanatical-rulers.html
Soltani can now become the martyr of our times; the heroine of the You-Tube generation. May her struggle and death not be in vain and democracy and human rights triumph in Iran!
Tamir Bar-On
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