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The media mix-up that ruined Neda’s life

Neda Soltani (left) and Neda Agha-Soltan (right) [Photo:BBC]

 

In June 2009, a woman was shot dead in a demonstration in Tehran. Neda Agha-Soltan became the face of the Iranian protest movement - except that it was not her face to begin with, but the face of university teacher Neda Soltani. Here, Neda Soltani tells her disturbing story.

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