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. The photo 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. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked a top judge Monday, June 29, 2009, to investigate the killing of Neda Agha Soltan, who became a potent symbol of the opposition's struggle after gruesome video of her bleeding to death on a Tehran street was circulated via Internet websites. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 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. The photo 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. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked a top judge Monday, June 29, 2009, to investigate the killing of Neda Agha Soltan, who became a potent symbol of the opposition's struggle after gruesome video of her bleeding to death on a Tehran street was circulated via Internet websites.

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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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