Some pretty important people have died recently. You might have even noticed it on your evening news or splashed across your favorite blog.No, not Michael Jackson or Steve McNair (if you don't know who he is your husband will.)
I'm speaking of Neda and other more anonymous protesters, mostly young people, who continue to give their lives in defense of freedom in Iran.
Neda's death hit us all particularly hard. She's a strikingly beautiful young woman, and like a lot of young Iranians, torn between tradition and western style wearing jeans and makeup under her hijab. She can be seen laughing and smiling while chanting with her fellow students in a video taken before the shot came that took her life. We know her name from her music teacher who is heard crying her name after she was shot in cold blood.
