Neda Agha-Soltan, Martyr of Iran

Above, Neda Agha-Soltan. AP photo.

Neda Soltan, 26, became the "Joan of Ark" of Iran when she was killed during the uprising over the sham election that was held a week ago. She was an innocent bystander when she was shot. She was described as interested in music, not politics.

Above, people trying in vain to assist Neda Soltan after she was shot. FoxNews.

The Los Angeles Times reports:

Hamid Panahi, her friend and music teacher, told the Los Angeles Times how Miss Soltan was shot as they and two others were making their way to a demonstration in Freedom Square in central Tehran. Their car became stuck in traffic on Karegar Street and they got out for some air.

Mr. Panahi said that he heard a distant crack and saw Miss Soltan instantly collapse to the ground.

"We were stuck in traffic and we got out and stood to watch and, without her throwing a rock or anything, they shot her," he said. "It was just one bullet."

He later heard other witnesses claiming that the gunman was not a police officer but one of a group of plainclothes officials or Basiji militia.

He recalled watching in horror as blood came out of her chest and then began to bubble from her nose and mouth - footage that bystanders captured on their mobile phones and posted on the internet, where she has become a global phenomenon.

You Tube photo.

Iranian authorities are trying to prevent Soltan from becoming a martyr by demanding that her family remove black mourning banners from their home and not allowing a funeral service in a mosque. Posters of Neda Soltan's face have appeared all over Iran.

All mosques were given a direct order from the government barring them from holding any memorial services for Neda, and her family was threatened with grave consequences if anyone gathered to mourn her, according to FoxNews.

A regime who would kill innocent citizens should be overthown.