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

Iran said the Agha-Soltan might have been shot by "mistake, " the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported Wednesday.

CNN: Violence flares again in Tehran

"This clash between the new president and the military council was expected - but not this fast, " analyst Gamal Soltan told Reuters.

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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