Neda agha-soltan biography

Iranian philosophy student Neda Agha Soltan died on 20 June aged just 26, shot by a sniper.

Neda Soltani (Persian: ندا سلطانی; born , in Isfahan) is an Iranian exile.

Neda Agha-Soltan (Persian: ندا آقاسلطان – Nedā Āghā-Soltān; 23 January – 20 June ) was an Iranian student of philosophy, who was participating in the presidential election protests with her music teacher, and was walking back to her car when she was fatally shot in the upper chest.

Neda Agha-Soltan (23 January June ) was an Iranian philosophy student and pro-democracy activist who was murdered by IRGC militiaman Abbas Kargar.

Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, became the face of the struggle for freedom in Iran after she was shot in the heart by a sniper at a protest march in June

Profile: Neda Agha Soltan

Protests, like this one in Paris, use Neda as a symbol of Iranian opposition

Neda Agha Soltan's death during a Tehran street protest, graphically captured on a mobile phone, transformed her into a global symbol of Iranian opposition.

But those who knew her say that before Iran's disputed elections in June she had shown little interest in politics.

"She wasn't a political person. She didn't belong to any party or group.

Neda Agha Soltan, born on January 23, , was fatally shot during a protest against the results of the presidential election.

She didn't support any faction," her mother, Hajar Rostami Motlagh, told the BBC.

"Every other young Iranian was there [at the protest] - and she was one of them."

Mrs Motlagh said that Neda, 27, had married after leaving high school but she and her husband separated after three years and she had lived with her mother for the last two years of her life.

"Philosophy and theology were her favourite subjects," Mrs Motlagh said. "She was a spiritual person. She believed in God.