Iran state TV: Neda Soltan was a U.S. and British agent who faked her own death

Posted by Robert on January 7, 2010 9:46 PM

More of the typical jihadist displacement of responsibility and conspiracy paranoia. "Neda Soltan's death was faked, says documentary on Iran state TV," from [1] News.com.au, January 8 (thanks to [2] Weasel Zippers):

THE young woman killed during the June election protests in Tehran was an agent for the United States and Britain who faked her own death, says a documentary made by Iran state television.

Neda Agha Soltan, 27, became a symbol of Iranian democratic resistance when her death was filmed on a mobile phone and then posted on YouTube, where it was watched by millions of people.

It was then broadcast around the world by news organisations.

Yet a documentary shown on Iranian state TV claims she wasn't dying, but had simply poured blood on her face from a hidden bottle, reports Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a group of journalists who cover 20 countries where a free press is banned or not established....


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/01/iran-state-tv-neda-soltan-was-a-us-and-british-agent-who-faked-her-own-death.html

URLs in this post:
[1] http://www.news.com.au/world/nedas-death-was-faked-says-iran-state-tv/story-e6frfkyi-1225817268398
[2] http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2010/01/iran-state-tv-documentary-neda-soltans-death-was-faked.html