Sunday, June 21, 2009

Her Name is Neda

This video is eyewitness footage of a young woman dying in the streets of Iran, right before your eyes.

"At 19:05 June 20th Place: Karekar Ave., at the corner crossing Khosravi St. and Salehi st. A young woman who was standing aside with her father watching the protests was shot by a basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house. He had clear shot at the girl and could not miss her. However, he aimed straight her heart.
I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to save her. But the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet had blasted inside the victim's chest, and she died in less than 2 minutes. The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St.

The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Please let the world know."


This is the face of war. This is the face of a sick government killing its own people. This is the face of people peacefully saying no to tyrants who don't much like to hear the word.

Peace be with the family of Neda. Peace be with the people of Iran.

We, as one human race, have an obligation to help those who are trying to help themselves.

1 comments:

J said...

That video is so heartbreaking, but I hope it'll open up a few people's eyes to the reality of what's going on in a part of the world that really needs our help right now.