Neda Agha Soltan Slain in Tehran, Iran June 20, 2009
Iranian security officials have begun pulling down posters of Neda Agha Soltan, the young woman who has become the face of the country's proRelatives said images of Neda Agha Soltan, 27, who has been described as Iran's "Angel of Freedom" after she was apparently shot dead on Saturday, had been targeted by plain-clothed officials. -democracy uprising after her death in Tehran was captured on video. A bullet hit her heart and her lung, and maybe 5 or 6 minutes later, she died." While officials have imposed harsh restrictions on the woman's family, they were not asked – as other families of victims claimed – for the £1,800 "bullet price" to compensate the state for the cost of the security operation that cost their lives. Neda Salehi Agha-Soltan[2] (Persian: ندا آقا سلطان - Nedā Āġā-Soltān; born 1982, died June 20, 2009 was an Iranian woman whose killing, during the 2009 Iranian election protests, was captured on video by bystanders.[6] The graphic vi...