Neda Soltan

The killer of Neda Agha-Soltan, whose shooting death during a street protest against last summer's Iranian election was flashed around the world on the Internet, must be brought to justice, Amnesty International demanded on Saturday. "One year after the killing of Neda Agha-Soltan, the failure of Iranian authorities to bring her killer to justice is a damning example of the culture of impunity that has widened since the 2009 election protests," Amnesty said on the eve of her June 20 death...Read Full Story

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police arrested mourners who gathered at a Tehran cemetery to commemorate victims of the unrest that followed the country's disputed June presidential election, witnesses said. "Hundreds have gathered around Neda Agha-Soltan's grave to mourn her death and other victims' deaths ... police arrested some of them ... dozens of riot police also arrived and are trying to disperse the crowd," a witness told Reuters. Earlier, opposition leaders said they would attend the...Read Full Story

Oxford University on Wednesday defended a decision to set up a scholarship in honour of a young Iranian woman shot dead during a protest against disputed elections, which has enraged Tehran. Iran told the university that dedicating a scholarship to Neda Agha-Soltan was a "politically motivated" campaign that would "undermine your scientific credibility," The Times newspaper reported. Oxford said the decision to award the scholarship had been taken by Queen's College and was solely a matter...Read Full Story

Oxford University on Wednesday defended a decision to set up a scholarship in honour of an Iranian student shot dead during protests which followed Iran's disputed elections, in a move which has enraged Tehran. Iran told the university that dedicating a scholarship to Neda Agha-Soltan was a "politically motivated" campaign that would "undermine your scientific credibility," The Times reported. Oxford said the decision to award the scholarship was solely a matter for Queen's College, which had...Read Full Story

An Iranian doctor who claims he tried to save Neda Agha-Soltan, whose death during election protests made her an opposition icon, said Thursday she was apparently shot by a member of the Islamic Basij militia. Arash Hejazi, who is studying at a university in the south of England, told the BBC that the crowd identified the man they believed was the shooter shortly after the young woman died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Footage of Soltan bleeding to death captured in amateur videos posted...Read Full Story