Farewell Neda

I read this just now, I think It originally was posted on HuffingtoPost

” Yesterday I wrote a note, with the subject line
“tomorrow is a great day perhaps tomorrow I’ll be killed.” I’m here to

Neda Agha-Soltan

let you know I’m alive but my sister was killed…

I’m here to tell you my sister died while in her father’s hands
I’m here to tell you my sister had big dreams…
I’m here to tell you my sister who died was a decent person… and like
me yearned for a day when her hair would be swept by the wind… and like
me read “Forough” [Forough Farrokhzad]… and longed to live free and
equal… and she longed to hold her head up and announce, “I’m Iranian”…
and she longed to one day fall in love to a man with a shaggy hair… and
she longed for a daughter to braid her hair and sing lullaby by her
crib…

my sister died from not having life… my sister died as injustice has
no end… my sister died since she loved life too much… and my sister
died since she lovingly cared for people…

my loving sister, I wish you had closed your eyes when your time had come… the very end of your last glance burns my soul….

sister have a short sleep. your last dream be sweet. ”

The events in Iran were white noise for me.  Then I saw a twitter post about #Neda it linked to a youtube video  I won’t post the link , It’s too graphic, If you want to see it for yourself you had better go do your own search.  I saw this poor Iranian woman, an innocent bystander to the events unfolding gunned down for nothing, no reason at all.

I am insensed. I am angry and frustrated that this is going on.  And so is a lot of other people.

I have been trying to follow what is happening on twitter, you can’t — there are hundreds of tweets every minute. tweetdeck helps but the volume of information coming through is overwealming. In the last couple of minutes some of the posts have been:

#Neda will live forever her life will be a statement against religious facist people & their governments I pray for her family & friends

RT If an innocent girl gets shot halfway across the world, does she make a sound? Yes, the whole world hears her. #iranelection #neda #iran

Help cover Iranian bloggers: change twitter settings so that your location is TEHRAN and your time zone is GMT +3.30 #iranelection #neda

BLOCK “AliMarboushi” He’s pro Amadinejad & revealing Iranian tweeters by name. RT PLEASE #Iranelection #Neda

How can we help. I honestly think that the huge amount of noise the world is making will help.

• Colour your avatar green .
  Here is a site to help that: http://helpiranelection.com/ It may not seem like much but for those of you on twitter , have you noticed the change spreading through the tweets.  It makes me feel like people are standing together against this tyranny. It’s a visible symbol

• Stay informed
  Don’t be like me, don’t let  this story be as white noise is to you. keep informed.

• Tell people, blog, twitter, facebook, myspace and keep making a noise.

This is a short post. I need to get  more information and start planning what I am going to do as well.

I am asking the readers of this post to comment with your own suggestions or links to more information.   Over to you….. write, ping , comment, tweet, bleat. Lets get conversation flowing and get this insanity  stopped!

Tagged as: Iran, Neda