After much debate, I decided against posting the video of Neda Agha-Soltan's final moments. Some will argue viewing this video has gotten the world, especially women, to stand up and recognize the current state of Tehran. Having been trained in trauma studies, however, I do not see an overwhelming upside to curing trauma with more trauma.
Most people have seen the video footage already, and I will not be another blogger responsible for re-creating the scene for her family over and over again. Because of the current state of things, her family has been unable to partake in a proper mourning ceremony. Let the image of their beautiful daughter remain unplagued by haunting media, I beg of you, give them that at the very least. You do not need to see a visual to realize how tragic it is for another innocent human life to be taken at the hands of politics gone astray. Long before Neda's death, it was clear Tehran was in deep turmoil. Her death, along with many others, has just reinforced the need for help from the rest of the world. We have been saying "never again," for years, let's put some action behind those words this time.
Go here to learn more about Neda Agha-Soltan.
Thank you for writing about this. Although she is definitely not the only person to die innocently because of politics gone astray, her death did affect a lot of people. I don't know what I'm trying to say here, you said it all perfectly, but this was a good post.
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