Agha-Soltan, Neda b. 1982 d. June 20, 2009 Iranian Political Icon. Neda, whose name means "voice" in Farsi, was a 26 year-old university student studying philosophy and music. She was brutally gunned down by Iranian security forces while attending a pro Mir-Hossein Mousavi rally in Tehran, challenging Iran's election results declaring President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner. Her murder, recorded on cell phone video and viewed by over a million people around the world, became a galvanizing force and symbol to those seeking political...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.) Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran Plot: Grid 257, Row 41, Number 32
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah b. September 24, 1902 d. June 3, 1989 Religious Figure, Iranian Political Leader. A Shiite religious Leader and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he was born Ruhollah ibn Mustafa Musawi Khomeini in the town of Khomein in Iran, from a family with a long line of religious scholarship. His father was Seyed Moustafa Hindi, who died when Ruhollah was just five months old. Khomeini began his formal religious education by memorizing the Koran at a local maktab (religious school). In 1918, his mother, Hajar, and his aunt, Sahiba...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Cause of death: heart failure Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
b. 1982 d. June 20, 2009