Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Poetic Obituaries: [Caspian Makan] described Neda [Agha-Soltani]

as a plain-spoken woman who loved poetry--Iran's Rumi and America's Robert Frost were her favourites and that her pacifism marked her out as a true Iranian.

'She didn't believe that we always have to fight and quarrel and be violent and have death,' he said.

from Daily Mail: YouTube martyr Neda 'deliberately targeted' by Iranian paramilitaries, claims fiancé

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1 comment :

Anonymous said...

Neda

She fell
Into the arms
of those who loved her

Their hands covered
Her bleeding heart
To stop the martyrs blood

Neda
The girl in blue jeans
Died at Kerbala
In the streets of Tehran