IRAN'S ANGEL OF FREEDOM : NEDA Agha Soltan

IRAN'S ANGEL PF FREEDOM : NEDA Agha Soltan - "I am alive" - Angel Mix

" A Bullet gave her the kiss of eternal life ."

"I am alive," Neda said to her sister in a dream.

Neda's mother : "I want to say that the moment that bothers me the most -- that bothers me terribly -- is the moment Neda got shot. That's because Neda was an extremely brave person. Ever since she was a child, she was brave and fearless. So that moment when she got shot, I saw it in the video, she couldn't believe it -- that she had taken a bullet. So much so that she takes a look at her body. And when she sees she's been shot, she takes a few steps backwards and then falls. The only words she managed to utter was: 'Teacher, I'm burning.' And people said she passed within 44 seconds."

The mother visits Neda's grave every Friday. She's heartened that even now, throngs of people still greet her -- "It's as though she just passed away." She carries with her a painting of her smiling daughter that she received as a gift.

"People go and write on her grave in red ink the word 'martyr,'" she said, "and then the authorities go and wipe it off."

She said her daughter's killer is still at large, but she's confident the person will be found and tried in court. "I am waiting for that day."

"I saw Neda as a martyr from the start. Neda was a martyr for her homeland."

A 'caring' debater

Long before Neda became a household name, she was a "very excited girl" who always had answers for everything. "She was very well tempered and very friendly and very emotional and caring -- extremely emotional and caring," her mother said.

When they uncovered her face, I saw her. She was absolutely beautiful ... like an angel.

--Hajar Rostami, Neda's mother
"She was never the type of girl who would submit to force."

In their last face-to-face conversation, the mother and daughter debated the political climate inside Iran. "We had a hearty debate and discussion," her mother said.

Neda's favorite activity was aerobics. She also liked to sunbathe at a local swimming pool. Her final meal was her favorite dish: pan kabob.

Neda was divorced, her mother said. After the divorce, Neda tried to get a job, but it was impossible. Every time she went for interviews or filled out an application, she felt people looked at her differently. "So she decided she was going to stay home."

That home is now adorned with photographs of Neda. One of her last gifts to her mom was perfume, a birthday present she cherishes. "On a daily basis, when I want to think of her, I can't tell you how hard it is. It's too hard to be able to speak."

Neda, the middle of three children, shared her room with her younger brother. He played guitar and violin. Neda loved the piano, and wanted him to learn to play. Just days before she was killed, she picked out a piano for him. He has since purchased it.

"When he comes home from work every evening," the mother said, "he plays the piano and sings in Neda's memory. And that's what keeps us going every evening."

She hopes the people of Iran and the world will hear her story -- Neda's story -- and never forget her daughter.

"I just want to thank you for remembering her. It's that which stays with me, and it's her eyes, the look in her eyes in those last moments that had a story to tell that I can never forget," she said. "Neda has made me enormously proud." It is tradition in Iran to give away personal belongings of a loved one after they die. But Neda's bed, her makeup stand, her photographs -- everything that was hers -- remains untouched.

The reason: Neda appeared in her sister's dream and told her not to part with anything. "I am alive," Neda said.
Read the whole story here : http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/05/neda.mom.speaks/index.html

Please see this new film about NEDA : FOR NEDA (English) ---http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F48SinuEHIk


Editor : Bahramerad
Words: Sade Adu
Music: Sade Adu, Paul Denman, Andrew Hale and Stuart Matthewman

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[brayankharazi]

b nam nedaye azadi iran.

b omid pirozi

[AvestAdesigns]

Brayan,

Loved it Bro, Thx a million. Avess

[vlvl21]

this song is nice.... And prays go to Iran and to innocent girl who was taken away.