On June 20th 2009, Neda was standing on the corner of the street next to her father, watching the protestors. A member of Basij, hiding on a rooftop of a home, took a clear shot at her heart. The impact of the shot was so great that even with 5 men pushing on her chest, trying to stop the bleeding, she died in less than 30 seconds. Right in front of her father who was pleading those around him to save his daughter and keep her with him.
This is not a sad fictional story, this happened yesterday in Tehran, Iran. All of the major news web sites have refused to put the video showing this innocent girl’s death on their site, regardless of our many attempt. In case most of you don’t know yet, many of the signals sent to these websites are jammed from Iran, and during certain hours of the day the information or pictures on these websites have nothing to do with what is actually happening in Iran or what extent they are happening. BBC, CNN, FOX, yahoo!, aol!, any other site that you check out for news, well they always manage to get updated by the end of the day.
The movement in Iran has moved pass the election fraud. It is now, about having the right to free speech and having freedom or not. People are fighting dictatorship in Iran and the price they are paying for freedom is their blood.
Don’t let Neda’s blood be shed in vain. Watch the video. It is heart trenching, painful and down right in humane. And then think about how her father felt, when he saw his little girl, an innocent by stander, dying in front of him. Today is father’s day. pay your respect to him by copying this note and tagging your friends, people need to know.
Pass it forward.Don’t be scared. Stand up for once and make a change.
here is the link to to video of her death.
Translation:neda, is shot.her father, the man id blue stiped shirt, hold her and tells her: "Neda, Neda, sweetheart, look at me"from behind another man orders the father to keep pressing on her chest.then she coughs blood and father screams "oh god, oh god"-"Neda don't be scared, don't be scared" she coughs more blood. dad screams" please stay,please stay"another man in the background pleads: " please help her, please help her"and well she is dead. in less than 30 second.
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