Neda's killing and the Iranian government cover up

Neda's senseless murder last Saturday during peaceful protests that were turned into a bloodbath has become a symbol of Iranian people's quest for freedom and human rights. Indeed, she has become a symbol for all people, Iranian or not, who believe in such values.

It was perhaps inevitable that the Iranian government/regime was going to start some damage control. However, the vulgarity with which they have been trying to spin the situation in their favor is simply sickening.

The government propaganda machine has gone into an assault mode, with the state TV and various "newspapers" coming up with all sorts of ridiculous scenarios to throw people off and to try to portray Neda's murders as something else. They have talked about how she was killed by "terrorists" from the Mojahedin-e-Khalgh organization or other protesters. They have even talked about how the BBC correspondent John Lyne had "hired thugs" to have Neda killed so that he could make a "documentary" about it!!!! And in their latest pathetic attempt, they have sent the Iranian ambassador to Mexico to talk to Wolf Blitzer on CNN, where he has accused the CIA of being behind her murder, claiming that "the bullet found in her body does not exist in Iran, and this is the sort of bullet that the CIA has"!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know if any one who has an ounce of functional brain would believe this sort of nonsense, but if they did (as I'm sure many of this regime lackeys might), the doctor who was an eyewitness to her death and tried in vain to save her life, has given an interview with the BBC where he described in detail those horrific moments, and the role of the Basij in shooting people. You must see his interview.

For yet More evidence on how the Basij has been behind the killing of protesters, and how they shoot at people, see these videos here and here. The second video is specially telling , as there have been reports that many of the people being shot had sustained fatal injuries to their heads and chests, indicating that they were targeted deliberately.