The murder of 26-year-old protester Neda Soltan was staged, Iran's chief of police said Wednesday — a statement that rights groups and Iran watchers are calling a propagandistic lie.
Soltan became the icon of protesters in Iran following her bloody shooting June 20, which shocked the conscience of world leaders and millions more who watched videos posted online that showed her slowly bleeding to death.
Soltan's family and those with her at the time of her death said that members of the paramilitary Basij militia drove by on a motorcycle and shot her in an alley near a major protest in Tehran.
But, according to Iran's Press TV, police chief Esmaeil Ahmadi-Moqadam declared Wednesday that the shooting was a "prearranged scenario" — a "premeditated act of murder" that could not have been committed by Iranian police.
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Those who make peaceful protest impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
The crowds in Tehran and elsewhere have been able to organize despite a government clampdown on the Internet and cell phones. The government has blocked certain Web sites, such as BBC Farsi, Facebook, Twitter and several pro-Mousavi sites that are vital conduits for Iranians to tell the world about protests and violence.
Text messaging, which is a primary source of spreading information in Tehran, has not been working since last week, and cell phone service in Tehran is frequently down. The government also has barred foreign news organizations from reporting on Tehran's streets.
"North Korea may fire a long-range ballistic missile["believed to be a Taepodong-2 with a range of up to 4,000 miles] toward Hawaii . . . between July 4 and 8, given the North's propensity to launch on U.S. holidays (FNC).
Meanwhile, the U.S.S. John McCain is attempting to intercept the North Korean ship Kang Nam, "suspected of proliferating weapons material in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution past last Friday. . . . Kang Nam left a port in North Korea Wednesday and appears to be heading toward Singapore. . . . The resolution would not allow the United States to board the ship forcibly. Rather, the U.S. military would have to request permission to board -- a request North Korea is unlikely to grant. North Korea has said that any attempt to board its ships would be viewed as an act of war and promised '100- or 1,000-fold' retaliation if provoked"" (FNC).
Text messaging, which is a primary source of spreading information in Tehran, has not been working since last week, and cell phone service in Tehran is frequently down. The government also has barred foreign news organizations from reporting on Tehran's streets.
"North Korea may fire a long-range ballistic missile["believed to be a Taepodong-2 with a range of up to 4,000 miles] toward Hawaii . . . between July 4 and 8, given the North's propensity to launch on U.S. holidays (FNC).
Meanwhile, the U.S.S. John McCain is attempting to intercept the North Korean ship Kang Nam, "suspected of proliferating weapons material in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution past last Friday. . . . Kang Nam left a port in North Korea Wednesday and appears to be heading toward Singapore. . . . The resolution would not allow the United States to board the ship forcibly. Rather, the U.S. military would have to request permission to board -- a request North Korea is unlikely to grant. North Korea has said that any attempt to board its ships would be viewed as an act of war and promised '100- or 1,000-fold' retaliation if provoked"" (FNC).
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