France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
An Iranian killed in protests over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's reelection in June was willing to be "shot in the heart" for her cause, her boyfriend said in an interview Sunday. The killing of Neda Agha-Soltan on June 20 came to symbolise the public uprising against Ahmadinejad's victory earlier that month in presidential elections against Mir Hossein Mousavi which the opposition says...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Iran has protested to an Oxford University college over a scholarship in memory of the slain Iranian student who became an icon of mass street protests sparked by the disputed June election. In Tehran, a small group of hard-line women demonstrated Wednesday against the scholarship in front of the British Embassy. The women chanted "Death to Britain," the semi-official Fars news agency reported....
Traction Control (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Oxford: The College is delighted to announce that, thanks to two generous gifts, it has been able to establish a graduate scholarship in Philosophy in memory of Neda Agha-Soltan, the 27-year-old Iranian philosophy student who was killed in Tehran on 20 June during the protests over the outcome of the 2009 Iranian presidential election. [link to [...]
Salon.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
In yet another stunning show of insensitivity toward the death of Neda Agha-Soltan, Iran has publicly condemned Oxford University's creation of a scholarship in honor of the slain 26-year-old. The fund, which was started by an anonymous donor, will cover tuition for the graduate program in philosophy (Agha-Soltan's subject of choice) at the university's Queen's College, and preference will be given...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Iranian embassy criticises Queen's College for naming philosophy scholarship after student killed in Tehran protests Iran has criticised an Oxford University college for setting up a scholarship in the name of a student killed during protests in Tehran over the presidential election. Queen's College announced the graduate scholarship in memory of Neda Agha-Soltan who died in June at the age of 27....
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Oxford University on Wednesday defended a decision to set up a scholarship in honour of a young Iranian woman shot dead during a protest against disputed elections, which has enraged Tehran. Iran told the university that dedicating a scholarship to Neda Agha-Soltan was a "politically motivated" campaign that would "undermine your scientific credibility," The Times newspaper reported....
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Iran has denounced Oxford University after one of its colleges set up a scholarship in honour of Neda Agha-Soltan, who was shot dead during a protest after disputed elections, a report said Wednesday. The regime accused the university in a letter of joining a "politically motivated" campaign that would "undermine your scientific credibility," The Times newspaper said. In the letter...
Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
The next-to-last straw was the Washington Post editorial saying Neda Agha Soltan should have won the Nobel Peace Prize, which isn't awarded posthumously. The last straw was today's op-ed raising—but not bothering to answer—the question of whether President Obama can even accept the honor without violating the Constitution....
Bill Baar's West Side (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
They wrote , It's an odd Nobel Peace Prize that almost makes you embarrassed for the honoree. In blessing President Obama, the Nobel Committee intended to boost what it called his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." A more suitable time for the prize would have been after those efforts had borne some fruit. The Nobel Committee's decision...
My view by Silvio Canto, Jr. (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
How about giving the Nobel Peace Prize to Neda Agha-Soltan , the young woman killed in Tehran? Or what about all of those who stood up to the thugs in Iran? The liberal Washington Post was not very impressed with "The Nobel-istas": Our Laureate: Neda of Iran Frankly, who is? I like this: "We understand how much Scandinavians and other Europeans welcomed the end of the Bush administration;...
The Debate Link (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The Washington Post's flubbed editorial saying that the Nobel Prize should have been awarded to Neda Agha-Soltan, the Iranian protester whose brutal murder by regime thugs was video-taped and became a rallying banner for the opposition, was certainly embarrassing (the Nobel Peace Prize cannot be awarded posthumously ). On the other hand, Iran is set to put three election protesters to death in the...
Patriot Room (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
The Post nails this thing on two counts. First they note what morons the Nobel Committee were to give Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for Awesomeness. But in offering this latest Euro-celebration of the 2008 election, the Norwegian committee has also demonstrated a certain cluelessness about America. If anything animates Mr. Obama's critics in this country, it is the impression that he is the focus of...
Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Islamic nonviolence: The Iranian example As Ahmedinejad visits New York City, it's important to remember that the repeated practice of nonviolence by Muslims in Iran and elsewhere gives lie to the notion that Islam is an intrinsically violent religion that inclines its adherents to committing mayhem. By Amitabh Pal, September 25, 2009 Regardless of how things ultimately pan out in Iran, the protests...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has told US television that Tehran has no need of nuclear weapons, while expressing regret over protestors' deaths during violent demonstrations which erupted after June's disputed elections. Ahmadinejad made the remarks on NBC television ahead of Iran's scheduled meeting with the United States and five other powers on which are demanding that Tehran halt its disputed...
KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Caspian Makan, the fiancé of Neda Agha Soltan, a young woman killed in the recent protests in Iran, has been held in detention since 26 June, after he made a statement linking her murder to the pro-government Basij militia. Currently held in Evin Prison in Tehran, Caspian Makan is reported to have told his family that if he signs a "confession" saying that the People's Mojahedeen Organization...
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