Neda Agha-Soltan was a young woman living in Iran—a student, who was shot in the street by government militia for participating in peaceful protests against the disputed election of Mahmoud Ahmadenijad. Her death was captured on video, uploaded to YouTube and within hours seen by millions around the world. She quickly became a symbol for the resistance and for the brutality of unchecked tyranny. People in Iran yell "I am Neda" into the streets after lights out as a sign of defiance since the government has made it illegal to mourn for her.

Amnesty International has partnered with the band The Airborne Toxic Event on what we are calling "The Neda Project". The band wrote a song for Neda, simply called "Neda" and have created an amazing video recounting the events surrounding the elections and Neda's tragic and very public death. The idea is to get millions of people to watch the video and take action for Human Rights in Iran. To accompany the video, the song is up on iTunes with all proceeds benefiting Amnesty International.
Along with the band, and AIUSA spokesperson, Nazanin Boniadi, we are asking everyone today to be a part of this online march!

If you Facebook and/or Tweet - please post:

I am Neda. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXN_yCSbUYk #neda r/t

We are also asking those of you who wish to take a photo holding a sign that says "I Am Neda" to do so and post it up on the Neda Speaks website that has been set up for the project.