FILE - This photo dated May 2009 and provided by Caspian Makan, 37-year-old photojournalist in Tehran who identified himself as the boyfriend of Neda Agha Soltan, purports to show Neda Agha Soltan whose death on a Tehran, Iran, street was captured graphically on amateur videos which were published on the World Wide Web. The Iranian opposition is due to hold a "silent memorial" Thursday, July 30, 2009, for victims of post-election violence in defiance of a government ban on the gathering and opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi's Web site says he plans to attend the ceremony. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

FILE - This photo dated May 2009 and provided by Caspian Makan, 37-year-old photojournalist in Tehran who identified himself as the boyfriend of Neda Agha Soltan, purports to show Neda Agha Soltan whose death on a Tehran, Iran, street was captured graphically on amateur videos which were published on the World Wide Web. The Iranian opposition is due to hold a "silent memorial" Thursday, July 30, 2009, for victims of post-election violence in defiance of a government ban on the gathering and opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi's Web site says he plans to attend the ceremony.

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  1. Iranian filmmaker Hana Makhmalbaf (R) holds pictures of Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Neda Agha Soltan, a young woman who was killed during post-election protests in Tehran, as she takes part in a pro-democracy protest with Spanish actress Pilar lopez de Ayala (L), director of the San Sebastian International Film Festival Mikel Olaziregui (3L), South Korean director Bong Joon-ho (5L) and other filmmakers and members of the festival's jury, on September 24, 2009 at the Kursaal Palace in San Sebastian.
  2. Iranian filmmaker, Hana Makhmalbaf (R) holds pictures of Iranian leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Neda Agha Soltan, a young woman who was killed during post-election protests in Tehran, as she takes part in a pro-democracy protest with director of the San Sebastian International Film Festival Mikel Olaziregui (2nd R), Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi (R) and other filmmakers and members of the festival's jury, on September 23, 2009 at the Kursaal Palace, in San Sebastian.
  3. FILE - In this Thursday Sept. 24, 2009 file photo, Iranian film director Hana Makhmalbaf protests as she arrives at a movie theater holding a banner against Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and a portrait of Neda Agha Soltan, a woman who was killed in a Tehran protest, at the 57th Film Festival in San Sebastian, northern Spain. Iran's political turmoil has raised a culture clash, as hundreds of Iranian musicians, actors, filmmakers, poets and writers have spoken out against the government for its suppression of dissent, which has led to the deaths of 69 people and the arrest of thousands amid widespread reports of torture.
  4. Protesters carry pictures of Neda Agha Soltan, while shouting slogans and chants outside the United Nations headquarters against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmdinejad, as he prepares to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Wednesday Sept. 23, 2009. Soltan, 27, became an icon after she was shot and killed June 20 in a post-election protest in Tehran.

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  1. A combo of two recent file pictures show former Iranian parliament speaker and leader of the National Confidence reformist party, Mehdi Karroubi (L), addressing a press conference in Tehran on October 12, 2008 and former prime minister and opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi speaking after voting in the Iranian capital during the controversial presidential election on June 12, 2009. The two opposition leaders have demanded they be given time to speak on state television for establishing their claims that the June election was rigged, a reformist newspaper reported on October 12, 2009.
  2. Iranian riot policemen try to control opposition supporters as they chant slogans in support of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi while taking part in a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Iranian opposition supporters fought running battles with riot police and hardliners as tens of thousands mounted the first protest in two months against the re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
  3. Iranian opposition supporters hold up pictures of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi they protest during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Tens of thousands of Iranians chanted 'Death to the dictator', defying a heavy security presence to mount the first protest against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hotly disputed June re-election in two months, as the hardline president gave a keynote address to Jerusalem Day, an annual mass rally of solidarity with the Palestinians.
  4. Iranian opposition supporters chant slogans in support of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi (portrait), as they protest during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Riot police, armed with batons, beat protesters who were pelting them with stones at Tehran's key Haft-e Tir Square after the main speeches at the Quds Day rally, witnesses told.
  5. Iranian opposition supporters chant slogans in support of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi (portrait), as they protest during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Riot police, armed with batons, beat protesters who were pelting them with stones at Tehran's key Haft-e Tir Square after the main speeches at the Quds Day rally, witnesses told.
  6. Iranian opposition supporters chant slogans in support of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi (portrait), as they protest during a rally marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on September 18, 2009. Riot police, armed with batons, beat protesters who were pelting them with stones at Tehran's key Haft-e Tir Square after the main speeches at the Quds Day rally, witnesses told.
  7. Escorted by his bodyguards, opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, center left at rear, attends Quds Day rally as a government supporter tries to attack him in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Thousands of opposition supporters held protests in competition with government-sponsored mass rallies to mark an annual anti-Israel commemoration, Quds Day, that reflects the Persian nation's sympathy with the Palestinians.
  8. Escorted by his bodyguards, opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, center left at rear, attends Quds Day rally, as a pro-government man tries to attack him, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. housands of opposition supporters held protests in competition with government-sponsored mass rallies to mark an annual anti-Israel commemoration, the Quds Day that reflects the Persian nation's sympathy with the Palestinians.
  9. Escorted by his bodyguards, opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, center left at rear, attends Quds Day rally, as a pro-government man tries to attack him, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. housands of opposition supporters held protests in competition with government-sponsored mass rallies to mark an annual anti-Israel commemoration, the Quds Day that reflects the Persian nation's sympathy with the Palestinians.
  10. Iranian opposition supporters attend a protest, as they hold pictures of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Thousands of opposition supporters held protests in competition with government-sponsored mass rallies to mark an annual anti-Israel commemoration, the Quds Day that reflects the Persian nation's sympathy with the Palestinians.

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