Another Neda

Cameron Abadi reveals that a famous photo of Iranian martyr Neda Agha-Soltan isn't of the right woman:

A woman named Neda did indeed die last summer on the streetsof Tehran, gunned down by members of an Iranian militia. Her full namewas NedaAgha-Soltan. But mixed in with the tragic footage of that Neda's death,broadcast around the world in a viral video that galvanized worldopinion against theIranian regime, was a compelling Facebook snapshot of a smiling youngbeauty ina flowered headscarf.

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Published on June 16, 2010 14:26
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