Posted on 06/29/2009 8:05:58 AM PDT by lewisglad
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has ordered an inquiry in to the "suspicious" death of Neda Soltan, the woman shot by government militiamen during a protest in Tehran.
The President sent a letter to the chief of Iran's judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, requesting a serious investigation to help to identify and prosecute “the elements” behind the killing earlier this month.
“Given the many fabricated reports around this heartbreaking incident and the widespread propaganda by the foreign media... it seems there is clear interference by the enemies of Iran who want to misuse the situation politically and tarnish the clean image of the Islamic republic,” the president wrote.
“Therefore I am asking you to order the judicial authorities to probe the killing of this woman with utmost seriousness and identify and prosecute the elements behind the killing."
The video of Miss Soltan, 26, dying on the street in a pool of blood, which was posted on YouTube and Facebook, caused international outrage and turned her into a symbol of the Iranian regime’s brutality towards their people.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
Not enough bad stuff can happen to these heartless bastards.
The Obama administration is deeply concerned too, and hopes that the mullahs find out what really happened.
Actually, Neda is now getting "Joe the Plumber-ed"...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.