Dr. in Neda video gave 2 completely different stories
Johnny Asia
shot by a basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0624/1224249417475.html
The circumstances of her death remain oblique apart from this account
from a bystander: "A young woman who was standing with her father
watching the protests was shot by a basij [pro-government militia]
member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house. He had clear shot
[sic] at the girl and could not miss her.
"However, he aimed straight at her heart. I am a doctor, so I rushed
to try to save her. But the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that
the bullet had blasted inside the victim�s chest, and she died in less
than two minutes.""
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Version 2
shot by an armed man on a motorcycle.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8119713.stm
Thursday, 25 June 2009 20:47 UK
Iran doctor tells of Neda's death
The doctor who tried to save an Iranian protester as she bled to death
on a street in Tehran has told the BBC of her final moments.
Dr Hejazi also told how passers-by then seized an armed Basij militia
volunteer who appeared to admit shooting Ms Soltan.
He doubted that he would be able to return to Iran after talking
openly about Ms Soltan's killing.
"Anti-riot police were coming by motorcycles towards the crowd."
Dr Hejazi said he saw Ms Soltan, who he did not know, with an older
man who he thought was her father but later on learned was her music
teacher.
"Suddenly everything turned crazy. The police threw teargas and the
motorcycles started rushing towards the crowd. We ran to an
intersection and people were just standing. They didn't know what to
do.
But later he saw protesters grab an armed man on a motorcycle.
"People shouted 'we got him, we got him'. They disarmed him and took
out his identity card which showed he was a Basij member. People were
furious and he was shouting, 'I didn't want to kill her'.
"People didn't know what do to do with him so they let him go. But
they took his identity card. There are people there who know who he
is. Some people were also taking photos of him."
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yeah, sure, they just let the guy go.
So where are the photos of the shooter???
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Pucker your lips for the Apocalypse!
Johnny Asia, Guitarist from the Future
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guy's story.
" Hejazi, an Iranian who is resident in Britain but says he went to
Tehran on a business trip.
"he said he emailed a friend in Britain to say he hoped to join his
family in the university city of Oxford where he was studying"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/wl_nm/us_iran_election_neda_2
Doctor flees Iran over "Neda" killing: report
Fri Jun 26, 4:56 am ET
LONDON (Reuters) � One person captured on Internet videos helping
"Neda," the young Iranian woman killed last week who has become an
icon of the protests, was identified by a British newspaper on Friday
as a doctor who has since fled Iran.
"She was just a person in the street who was against the injustice
going on in her country, and for that she was murdered," said Hejazi,
an Iranian who is resident in Britain but says he went to Tehran on a
business trip.
Hejazi, 38, said he fled from Iran when the video footage sped around
the world on websites because he feared his own life might be in
danger as he could be seen with Soltan.
Before trying to leave, he said he emailed a friend in Britain to say
he hoped to join his family in the university city of Oxford where he
was studying: "If something happens to me, please take care of (my
wife and son)."
Johnny Asia
http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/page.cfm/action=ConfSpeaker/SpeakerID=349
Arash Hejazi is an Iranian editor, novel writer and journalist. Born
in 1971, Tehran, Iran, son of a university professor and a teacher, he
graduated from medical school in 1996 and in 1997, co-founded an
independent publishing house named Caravan Books in Tehran, where he
was a senior editor and is the editorial director now. He has also
been the editor in chief of two literary and cultural magazines;
Kamyaab (2000�2003) and BookFiesta (2003�2008). The later was closed
down by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran in 2008,
as a result of publishing a short story by the Italian writer Primo
Levi. He is a member of Tehran Union of Publishers and Booksellers
(TUPB) and was the managing editor of its journal, Sanat-e-Nashr
(Publishing Industry), from 2006 to 2007. He was one of the nominees
to receive the Freedom to Publish Prize held by International
Publishers� Association (IPA) in 2006.
He is also a novel writer, whose most known novel The Princess of the
Land of Eternity was shortlisted for two major Iranian literary prizes
and has sold more than 20,000 copies in Iran since its first
publication in 2003. He is now a postgraduate student in publishing in
Oxford Brookes University.
http://thetamarind.eu/it/2009/01/27/censorship-you-don%e2%80%99t-deserve-to-be-published/
Censorship: You don�t deserve to be published!
Arash Hejazi 27 gen 2009
Arash Hejazi Iranian novel and short story writer, literary
translator, journalist, and physician. He was born in Tehran, Iran, in
1971. He is the Chief Editor of Caravan Books Publishing House and the
Chief Editor of Book Fiesta Monthly for culture and art. He is best
known for his novel The Princess of the Land of Eternity.
email Arash Hejazi
Johnny Asia
writer??
Version 1
"I was there with some friends because we had heard that there were
some protests and we decided to go and take a look," he said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8119713.stm
Version 2
The following Saturday, shortly before 7pm, he was sitting in his
office (his office? He lives in the UK) with three friends when they
heard a commotion in nearby Kargar Street. They went to see what was
happening and found riot police � some of them on motorcycles �
charging towards a huge crowd of protesters, firing teargas and
lashing out with their batons. It was terrifying, he said. Everybody
started running. But amid the pandemonium he noticed Neda Soltan. She
had been caught up in the swirling emotion of the moment. He saw her
shouting �Death to the Dictator�
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6579626.ece
From The Times
June 26, 2009
Doctor tells how Neda Soltan was shot dead by Ahmadinejad's basij
Martin Fletcher
But amid the pandemonium he noticed Neda Soltan. She had been caught
up in the swirling emotion of the moment. He saw her shouting �Death
to the Dictator�
�all of a sudden we heard a blast. I asked my friend what it
was,..."
As Miss Soltan was being taken to hospital another commotion erupted
about 20 metres away. A crowd of demonstrators had caught the basij �
an Islamic volunteer militaman � who shot her from his motorbike. He
was a big, strong man in his forties, clean-shaven except for a
moustache.
�I heard him shouting, �I didn�t want to kill her. I didn�t want to
kill her. I meant to shoot her in the leg�.� The crowd were furious.
Some were trying to lynch him. Others were saying: �We�re not killers.
Don�t harm him.�
All agreed that there was no point in handing the man to the police so
they simply took his identify card and let him go.
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there were no clashes", and that "a few minutes later she passed away
on the way to hospital".
The fiance contradicts the Dr:
riot police � some of them on motorcycles � charging towards a huge
crowd of protesters, firing teargas and lashing out with their batons.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6579626.ece
The following Saturday, shortly before 7pm, he was sitting in his
office with three friends when they heard a commotion in nearby Kargar
Street. They went to see what was happening and found riot police �
some of them on motorcycles � charging towards a huge crowd of
protesters, firing teargas and lashing out with their batons. It was
terrifying, he said. Everybody started running. But amid the
pandemonium he noticed Neda Soltan. She had been caught up in the
swirling emotion of the moment. He saw her shouting �Death to the
Dictator�
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0624/1224249417475.html
" I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to save her. But the impact of
the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet had blasted inside the
victim�s chest, and she died in less than a minute."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6579626
Johnny Asia
June 17, 2009 - (5 days before the Neda video)
Arash Hejazi originally studied to be a medical doctor in Tehran. His
thesis in medical school was about "the influences of storytelling on
children's anxiety disorders." ........ A staunch advocate of free
speech in Iran, Hejazi is openly against the Iranian government's
censorship of books.
"I am concerned about my family. The presidential election is near.
They are doing everything to keep things under control," he said.
Arash Hejazi, the Dr. in the Neda video, in 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4544105.stm
Friday, , 14:08 GMT 15:08 UK
Iran 'bans author Coelho's novel'
Coelho said he had a government permit to publish the book
The latest novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho has been banned in
Iran, its publisher in the country has said.
Iranian authorities confiscated 1,000 copies of The Zahir at the
Tehran Book Fair on Monday but did not give a reason, according to
publisher Caravan.
The Zahir, published in Iran last month, tells the story of an author
who tries to track down his missing war correspondent wife.
Coelho has sold an estimated 65 million books around the world.
His previous novels include The Alchemist and Eleven Minutes, and The
Zahir will be published in 83 countries.
Caravan's Arash Hejazi said he was now worried about his safety.