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Neda Agha-Soltan

September-October 2009

How mainstream media botched Iranian election coverage—again

Hicham Safieddine

Two elections. Two women. Two killings. One legacy? Not really. One victim became a world icon, while the other barely registered on the books of the international media. Such are the divergent post-mortem fates of Neda Agha Soltan and Zeina al-Miri. The former was shot in the streets of Tehran during post-election disturbances in June. […] More »