Speaking for the amendment, Republican Mark Kirk referred to the killing of Neda Agha Soltan and post-election events.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

Authorities responded with violence. And to much of the world, Iran's presidential election became represented by the image of the shooting death of a young woman,Neda Agha-Soltan, recorded on a shaky camera phone.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

In his remarks on Tuesday, President Obama paid tribute to Neda Agha Soltan, the young woman whose shooting death, recorded on a camera phone just after it occurred, was seen worldwide, calling it heartbreaking and fundamentally unjust.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

The protesters have exalted the image of a beautiful young woman, Neda Agha Soltan, who was photographed in a demonstration in Tehran as she lay dying after being shot by an unknown assailant.

ECONOMIST: The crisis in Iran

Ghadiri added that the United States may have been behind the killing of Neda Agha-Soltan, the 26-year-old Iranian woman whose fatal videotaped shooting on Saturday made her a symbol of opposition.

CNN: Moussavi maintains defiant stance

Thursday would mark the 40th day after the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Neda Agha-Soltan, whose death has come to symbolize Iranian resistance to the government's official election results since it was captured on amateur video.

CNN: Reports: 50 'political figures' among Iranian detainees