Killing of Neda Agha-Soltan

Date: June 20, 2009 • Location: Tehran, Iran

Iranian student Neda Agha-Soltan was shot dead in Tehran during the presidential election protests; footage of her death was widely distributed over the Internet, making it "probably the most widely witnessed death in human history".

Neda Agha-Soltan was an Iranian student of philosophy and tourist guide, who was participating in the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests with her music teacher, and was walking back to her car when she was fatally shot in the upper chest.