page_title: Shooting of Neda Agha-Soltan
section_title: Grave desecration
hierarchical_section_title: Shooting of Neda Agha-Soltan / Aftermath / Funeral / Grave desecration
caption_attribution_description: English: Neda Agha-Soltan gravesite in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Iran. (photo by Arash Nikkhah)
context_page_description: The shooting of Neda Agha-Soltan, which resulted in her death during the 2009 Iranian election protests, drew worldwide attention. Agha-Soltan, a student of philosophy, was participating in the protests with her music teacher, and was walking back to her car when she was fatally shot in the chest.
  Eyewitnesses are reported by western sources as saying Agha-Soltan was shot by the Basij, a paramilitary organization. Her death was captured on video by bystanders and broadcast over the Internet, and the video became a rallying point for the opposition. Agha-Soltan's death became iconic in the struggle of Iranian protesters against the disputed election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
context_section_description: On 16 November 2009, supporters of the Iranian regime desecrated her grave and removed her gravestone. Later, on 31 December 2009, supporters of the Iranian government defaced the portrait on her grave by shooting at it multiple times.
caption: Neda Agha-Soltan's gravesite in Beheshte-Zahra, 2011
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