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The doctor who tried to save Neda was recently interviewed by BBC. What is really interesting to read is his exchange of emails with the writer Paulo Coelho before leaving Iran.

According to several Iranian officials and newspapers, here are the main suspects in the killing of Neda Agha Soltan:

1. The Islamic Republic News Agency reported that the gunman who killed Neda may have mistaken her for the sister of an Iranian "terrorist." (Even if she were, why would you kill the relatives of a terrorist?)

2. Iran’s newspaper accused a BBC correspondent, Jon Leyne, of hiring a hit man to shoot her in order to film it for his documentary. (The correspondent was ordered expelled from Iran on Sunday).

Just when we thought that Obama was playing it perfectly right vis a vis Iran by not meddling and keeping his "hand extended", Ahmadinejad still found an excuse to slam his remarks on the brutality of the Iranian government.

No matter what side one is on, any human being would see that attacking and killing civilians during protests is appalling, what else do you expect people to say. Plus Obama is not even interfering in the situation. So instead of blaming others and giving friendly advice, maybe it is better Iran focused on the mounting problem it is facing.

There is a picture of a woman circulating on the Internet said to be of Neda Soltan, the young woman who died during a protest in Iran. The picture of the veiled woman is the wrong one appanrently.

According to the Guardian, Neda Soltan's family, the young woman shot dead in Iran protests, was forced out of their home by Iranian authorities. They were banned from mourning and the funeral was cancelled.

The issue of media, especially Western, coverage of the elections and the protests in Iran is slowly becoming a controversial one. The claim is that the so-called “Twitter Revolution” was bit exaggerated and biased, if not misleading. It portrayed the situation in a simplistic way: The good old “good vs. evil” story.

To the Peoples of the Arab Nation, Today crimes are being committed in Iran by a leadership that opposes the will of its people. Innocent lives are being taken by Khamenei and his servant Ahmadinejad and many of you sit on the sidelines and watch.

You've probably already seen the video online of the young woman getting shot point blank during a protest in Iran. I have been debating whether I should post the video here, but decided against it. There was no need to add to the tragedy and for some reason, I thought about her family and her parents having to see and hear about this video over and over again. So out of respect and honoring her sacrifice, I will refrain from joining the masses in using her image.
 

Here is the Arab reaction - a quite interesting reaction - to what is going on in Iran. The author is Zarathustra, a blogger at Palestinian Pundit:
 
"What is taking place in Iran today (regardless of which side you support or if the opposition is truly reformist or not) only reaffirms how the Arab people (youth in particular) are the most impotent and spineless people in the middle east."