Neda was not a casualty.

I personally felt the need to talk about what is happening in Teheran, since I just saw some footage of a really touching event.

The content is extremely violent, and i really struggle to type about it.

A girl got killed on Saturday 20th June 2009, a regular Saturday for me, for most of us in Europe, US, and Oceania. Her name was Neda.

Neda was a regular girl, a girl i could have met in a square wherever in the world. I just saw her bleeding, her eyes spreading wide while she was exhaling her last breath. Shot like a rabbit by one of the policemen fighting the demonstrants against Ahmadinejad's government.

I will not link the video from Youtube on our blog, we decided not to incourage vouyersim on such a tragic matter. If you guys want to watch it just go on Youtube and find it. I can tell you it ain't going to be pretty.

If you want to learn more, or have a closer look over Iran riots i can link you this blog: IRANIAN RIOTS

We just want to spend a moment and think about this young girl fighting for her country and falling dead the same day together with 19 other demonstrants.

On both Facebook and YouTube, the video comes with this explanation, written by someone who says that he was present when this video was shot and describes what it shows:

Basij shots to death a young woman in Tehran’s Saturday June 20th protests 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.

Another blogger writes about Neda and quotes some feeds from Twitter:

Her name was Neda, an innocent bystander shot dead just for watching.

We are Neda and all those who fell with her.

Neda is one Iranian. Neda is all Iranians.

RT May God cradle #NEDA in Peace and wake her soul to show her that she was not lost for nothing, her blood rained freedom

The World cries seeing your last breath, you didn’t die in vain. We will remember you.

Iran doesn't like Ahmadinejad Extremism.

Yesterday afternoon I was walking in the streets of Milan, and i just bumped in the most paceful and genuine demonstration in the Duomo Piazza.
Iranian people, guys and girls, were simply singing against the Ahmadinejad government and the rigged elections in their country.
I asked a couple of them what was going on, they told me in the most precise and polite way that seven people got killed the same day in Teheran in a pro Mussavi protest and they felt the need to stand up for Iran rights.
On their placards these simple words: WHERE IS MY VOTE!

Here's a sad footage of the demonstration day in Teheran.


Iranian people still believe in Freedom.