Rome is going to name a street after Neda Agha-Soltan — the slain symbol of Iran’s opposition movement.
“The street where Neda was killed is already known internationally as ‘Neda Street.’ I am proud that Rome — capital of peace, tolerance and freedom — will also have its ‘Neda Street,’” Onorato said in a news release after the vote was made.Agha-Soltan, 26, was shot in street protests on June 20. Her last moments were captured on a shaky video, probably shot with a cell phone, and sent out for the world to see.
Iranians on Thursday converged on her gravesite in Tehran, Iran, to mourn her death.“To name a street after someone means to remember of all of those who have lost their lives or have been imprisoned while asking for freedom and democracy in Iran.”Onorato doubts that the name will have any impact on the Iranian government’s actions, but said the purpose of the move is to show Iranians they are not alone in their situation.
The council decision was made on July 9 to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Iranian student uprising.“Perhaps this might not be the right opportunity, maybe the regime will through violence and the cruelest of repressions manage to sweep it under the rug,” Onorato said. “What matters to me is that the voice of the young Iranians does not remain an isolated one, and that countries, like Italy, send them a clearmessage. In the long run, the objective tendencies always work in favor of the forces that fight dictatorship."
CNN
Raw footage:
(very graphic)
Footage with a poem:
3 comments:
Hi Chris - the NEDA in your picture is STILL ALIVE - and she's a CHRISTIAN! BBC and other international news networks carrying NEDA stories are also displaying a glaring PICTORIAL INACCURACY! Please see my blog (URL below) for details.
http://dave-lucas.blogspot.com/2009/07/neda-cutting-away-cancerous-hoax.html
I am really surprised that the Beeb has let this go on for so long!
So have you been able to find a picture of the girl who died in the video?
"Exclusive UnderprivilegedMedia Twitter Source: “Fake Iranian Election Protests & Wildly Popular “Neda Iran Hoax” Filmed at New (Secret) Hollywood Studio in Baghdad; CNN chiefs ‘in’ on the conspiracy. It is another Spanish American War: you provide the pictures, we’ll provide the war.” – Iranian UPJ
"Despite the forecasts by western opinion leaders and reporters based in Tehran, the outcome of the Iranian presidential election leaves no room for doubt: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won by a landslide victory"
"Shortly into the video, we see blood coming from her mouth. She is not sputtering it out, or coughing it up, as in an inability to breathe. Rather it appears rapidly and self flowing, and runs down both sides of her mouth, almost exclusively. Her center teeth aren't even stained."
I think this stuff is insulting to general intelligence..
Gary Trieste doesnt seem to have any medical or media background which would give him any credibility.
Im sorry to say that this wag the dog theory sounds a little, no a lot 'birthy' to me.
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