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NEWS ABOUT: Neda Agha Soltan

Neda Agha Soltan stories: 7 news summaries
Iran Protest

Neda's Boyfriend: 'This Movement Will Never Die'

In hiding after fleeing Iran, says the movement is still strong

Nov 15, 09 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - "I still cannot believe it. I think I will see Neda again," the boyfriend of the iconic slain Iranian protester tells the Guardian in his first interview since fleeing the country. "Now I have left Iran, I can cry out," says Caspian Makan, who was... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Neda • Neda Agha Soltan • Neda Soltan • Caspian Makan

media rare

Logical, Ethical Lapses Beset Washington Post

Op-ed page woes spread to editorial on Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 16, 09 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The next-to-last straw was the Washington Post editorial saying Neda Agha Soltan should have won the Nobel Peace Prize, which isn't awarded posthumously. The last straw was today's op-ed raising—but not bothering to answer—the question of whether President Obama can even accept the honor without violating the Constitution.... More »

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Iran • Washington Post • journalism • Constitution • George Will • Nobel Peace Prize • President Obama • William Kristol • Neda • Neda Agha Soltan • Fred Hiatt • Anne Applebaum

(Newser) - Iranian police beat demonstrators gathered in a Tehran cemetery to mourn victims of post-election violence, including Neda Agha-Soltan—the 26-year-old whose killing was witnessed by hundreds of thousands on YouTube. A witness told Reuters that some mourners were arrested. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi defied threats from the Revolutionary Guards... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Neda • Iranian protests • Mehdi Karoubi • Neda Agha Soltan

OPINION

 Twitter Deserves a Nobel Prize 


Jul 6, 09 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twitter’s been so instrumental in giving Iranians a voice that it, and its creators, deserve Nobel Prize consideration, writes Mark Pfeifle for the Christian Science Monitor. Scoff all you want at the 140-character “time waster.” “In the past month, 140 characters were enough to... More »

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Iran • Nobel Prize • Twitter • Iranian election • social media • Iranian protests • Neda Agha Soltan

Clinton Pushed Obama for Tougher Stance on Iran

President decided last-minute to use 'appalled and outraged' language

Jul 1, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - When President Obama recently toughened his language against the Iranian government, saying he was “appalled and outraged” at its violence against demonstrators, it came as a “happy surprise” to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, administration officials tell the Washington Times. Clinton had been pushing for a tougher stance... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • election fraud • disputed election • Obama administration • President Obama • Neda Agha Soltan

 Fleeing Doc Tells 
 of Neda's End 

Bullet seemed to explode in her chest

Jun 26, 09 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A doctor who has fled Iran said murdered protester Neda Agha-Soltan died less than a minute after she was shot on the streets of Tehran as a bullet seemed to "explode" in her chest, reports the BBC. "I saw blood gushing out of Neda's chest. She was in... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Tehran University • Neda • Neda Agha Soltan • Arash Hejazi

(Newser) - Authorities in Iran have ordered the family of Neda Aghan Soltan—the woman whose videotaped death has galvanized protesters—from their Tehran home, reports the Guardian. "We just know that they were forced to leave their flat," a neighbor told the newspaper, which has been unable to contact... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Neda • Neda Agha Soltan

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