Posted on 03/23/2010 7:23:53 AM PDT by autumnraine
Iranian photojournalist Caspian Makan, the fiancé of Neda Agha Soltan, the icon of the Iranian protest movement who was murdered during a demonstration in Teheran on June 20, 2009, met on Monday with President Shimon Peres.
Makan, who today lives as a political refugee in Canada, spent time in Teheran’s notorious Evin prison, where he and other members of the protest movement were taken. He was released on bail after his family put up their house as collateral.
He subsequently fled to freedom, traveling via Turkey to the West.
Although Makan had requested the meeting with Peres, the president was no less interested in knowing him than Makam was in getting to know the president.
Neda was an enlightened person, a freedom fighter, to whom nothing was more important than freedom. She loved humanity with all her soul, Makan told Peres.
Before she was gunned down by Iranian paramilitary police, Soltan had held intense discussions with Makan about her aspirations, and they were both aware of all the risks involved in attempting to attain those goals, he said.
After she was murdered, she became a global symbol of freedom. Her courage and determination led to a closing of ranks among the Iranian people and hopefully, said Makam, would produce the results of which Soltan had dreamed. Peres told Makam that Israel had a great historical friendship with the Iranian people.
“Iran is not ‘enriched uranium,’ but a rich and ancient culture, and the uprising of a large segment of the Iranian population has restored honor to Iranian culture,” he said.
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Nice.
Still have a green ribbon on the antenna of my car in Neda’s memory and in support of the freedom-loving people of Iran. Strength and Honor - let freedom reign!
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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If he comes to America, some Congresspeople will meet with him, he shouldn't expect beer at the picnic table.
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