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:

  1. Anonymous12:19 PM

    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

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