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Iran Blasts Oxford Tribute to Dead Protester

Regime lodges protest against Neda Soltan scholarship

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 11, 2009 4:25 AM CST
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(Newser) – The Iranian regime has condemned Oxford University's offering of a scholarship in the name of a young woman killed in protests earlier this year as a politically motivated move staged by its enemies. The scholarship is named after Neda Soltan, a 26-year-old philosophy student who became the symbol of the Iranian protests after photographs and a video of her dying were viewed around the world.

The Iranian regime—which blamed Soltan's death on British security forces, other protesters, and even the BBC—charged that that the scholarship will "undermine" Oxford's "scientific credibility," the Times of London reports. The scholarship's first recipient, a young woman of Iranian descent, offered condolences to Soltan's family. "I hope that in succeeding in my studies at Oxford I can do justice to the name of their brave and gifted daughter," she said.

This May 2009 file photo shows Neda Agha Soltan, whose death was captured on amateur video during the protests over Iran's disputed election.
This May 2009 file photo shows Neda Agha Soltan, whose death was captured on amateur video during the protests over Iran's disputed election.   (AP Photo/Courtesy Caspian Makan, File)
A picture of slain Iranian woman Neda Agha Soltan is held aloft as demonstrators rally against the Iranian government outside UN headquarters earlier this year.
A picture of slain Iranian woman Neda Agha Soltan is held aloft as demonstrators rally against the Iranian government outside UN headquarters earlier this year.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
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riffran
Nov 11, 2009 12:20 PM CST
amen brudda....F them a-holes
riffran
Nov 11, 2009 10:35 AM CST
In THAT case...Iran>>>>I would love to donate a few thousand to the scholarship....and put some Bacon wrapped chicken stuffed jalapenos on the grill...Rest in peace dear Neda..I hope you're death inspires others to do better and to see past the idiocy of the current Iranian brutal monsters

 
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