Protests Then and Now - Iran Neda Agha Soltan

Do Boomers still care: protests and Iran, Neda Agha-Soltan


Boomers Life Welcome to one of the most popular Baby Boomer sites on the web. Everyone born between 1946 and 1964 is a Boomer just like us. And even though we may have challenges facing us, we also have an open future ahead. His ongoing campaign is to help us enjoy all the good things we have. Welcome to our world. Our Music 1960s rock songs/videos 1970s rock songs/videos 1980s rock songs/videos Early rock in the 1950s Boomers music Our Interests Baby Boomers rise Boomers in pictures Dan Brown's next book Better health for Boomers Health and fitness innovations Baby Boom generation experiences Issues for work and retirement Number of Boomers in each U.S. state Surprising increase in Social Security claims Bodhi Tree Bookstore Closing is a Boomer Experience Fountain of Youth Do Boomers still care? Protests then and now Turkish Spring protests Revolution updates for Libya, Egypt, Syria and Tunisia Gabrielle Giffords shot Save Santa Monica Pier - 1972 Our People George Clooney Madonna Deepak Chopra Bruce Springsteen Sanford Holst Dan Brown Barack Obama Condoleezza Rice Arnold Schwarzenegger Many more prominent Boomers More About us Books: self-help and health Freemasons Baby Boom links Simon and Garfunkel - Greatest Hits Share with a friend. Tell them about this site or mention it on your blog. Links are good too--and we will post yours. BoomersLife.org Contact Us You are welcome to comment on a posting or share some info on your own experiences (today or back in the day). Sanford Holst Editor click to write an email © 2008-2024 Boomers Life	Updated July 10, 2018 Protests Then and Now The years roll by and protests still comtinue in the United States, Iran, and other places around the world. Do Boomers Still Care? At one time we felt things so strongly that we went into the streets to protest the Vietnam War, Watergate, and civil rights abuses. Now we only seem to walk in the street when we want to get from one side to the other. Do we still care? Anti-war Vietnam War protests Anti-war Vietnam War protests Vivid images from Iran in 2009 showed hundreds of thousands of people in the streets, protesting what they believed were stolen elections, and that aroused a familiar chord in some of us. True, our perception of Iran -- in the USA and most of the world -- has plummeted drastically in recent years. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, once the face of Iran, has been a particularly unappealing face. It is with some surprise, then, that we discovered so many people in Iran also didn't like his politics. Some didn't like it enough that they were willing to be beaten or killed, if that's what it took to get rid of him. Iran protest rally Iran protest rally Perhaps the most searing image that emerged from those young, hopeful faces confronting the Iranian government, was the last moments of a 26 year old woman, Neda Agha-Soltan. Studying to be a tour guide, she was out with friends to be part of what was happening, when a bullet cut her down as she stood on the road in stalled traffic. A video captured those moments as friends frantically tried to stop the blood which welled up from her. Neda Agha-Soltan killed in Tehran Neda Agha-Soltan, 26 years old, killed in Tehran, Iran on 20 June 2009 Neda Agha-Soltan See the video here Yes, we see these things in the news. But do we care? Are we willing to do anything at all to register even a small bit of protest? Or have the years pounded all that out of us? What's your opinion? You can share your thoughts here about a government that shoots its own people in the street, and should we care? Revolutions have been sweeping other countries in this part of the world as well. Ali Habibi-Mousavi Ali Habibi-Mousavi Protests Update Assad's Shia Muslim minority in Syria suppressed the Sunni Muslim majority for many years, then shifted to excessive force in hope of clinging to power. In 2017, BBC reported that over 300,000 had been killed in the Syrian revolution. Hezbollah -- the Shia force in Lebanon -- has also been supported by Iran's Shia leaders. Of course Hezbollah joined the fighting in Syria alongside Assad and Iran's leadership. Just like the events in Iran, this fight is aginst the people of the country. See related article on the Syria revolution. Protesting in Syria Protests rally in Syria
	Comments: God bless you, Neda. You are an inspiration to me. You will never know how much you have changed my life -- thank you. -- Marion L., UK Neda! We nation of Iran apologize on behalf of the government of Iran for not protecting you and many other young people who have (been) killed because their demand for freedom! Rest in peace. -- Saba, Tehran, Iran Your post gave me some good ideas, it's really awesome. Thanks. -- Murk, Munich, Germany Aseara am auzit pentru prima data despre acest sufletel numit: Neda Agha-Soltan , urmarind un film pe canalul Tb-HBO. Multumesc in Numele Tuturor celor care Lupta pentru Drepturile omului, drepturi fundamentale, morale si firesti, Multumesc Ei ca a trait pentru cei ca Noi. Multumesc si parintilor Ei ca au dat Nastere unui Suflet Angelic precum era Ea. -- Dinescu Adrian Roberto, Bucharest, Romania [Last night I first heard about Neda Agha-Soltan, watching a movie on the HBO channel. I give thanks on behalf of all those who fight for human rights, fundamental rights that are moral and natural. Thanks to those who live for us. Thanks to her parents that gave birth to the angelic soul she was.] No body can forget you. You were a candle in the wind that inflamed our heart and turned on the way. You will be always in our mind. -- Kave H, Tehran, Iran Muito triste o que aconteceu, uma linda mulher se foi, que ela descanse em paz. -- Elvys Cleber, Porto Velho Ro, Brasil [It was very sad what happened, she was a beautiful woman, may she rest in peace.] And this is the reason I like Boomers Life. Incredible posts. -- Joseph, NYC I feel deeply in my heart for this young child of God . . . she deserved to live every day of her life just as any member of government, or any friend or foe. We need to make peace the future of this planet. -- Mitch, Canada From the mother of Neda Agaha-Soltan: I want you, on my behalf, to thank everyone around the world, Iranians and non-Iranians, people from every country and culture, people who in their own way, their own tradition, have mourned my child. Everyone who lit a candle for her, every musician who wrote songs for her, who wrote poems about her, I want to thank all of them. -- Hajer Rostam Motlagh BBC Persian _________________________________________________ Comment on this article by clicking here to send an email to Boomerguy. _________________________________________________
	Related Article: Protests turn to revolutions in Syria and other lands _____________________________________________ "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. How many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea? Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free? Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head, Pretending he just doesn't see? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan album
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