{"id":907,"date":"2012-10-22T00:07:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T00:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=907"},"modified":"2014-10-22T00:09:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T00:09:10","slug":"elegy-for-neda-soltani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/elegy-for-neda-soltani\/","title":{"rendered":"Elegy for Neda Soltani"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Iranian
Iranian student Neda Soltani in her final moments<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She died on video before my eyes…
\nShe just lay there dying
\nShe uttered not a cry
\nIt was all others around her crying<\/p>\n

It is but a day shes dead
\nBut now its not the same
\nYesterday she was an unknown girl
\nToday she has a name<\/p>\n

Neda Soltani has passed away
\nBut her memory will never die
\nShe achieved more than many at the protests
\nHer death is the reason why<\/p>\n

For many ignore Iran its not real
\nBut its brutality and the truth they must realise
\nYou cannot dismiss the death of a girl
\nWhen you see her die with your own eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

She died on video before my eyes… She just lay there dying She uttered not a cry It was all others around her crying It is but a day shes dead But now its not the same Yesterday she was an unknown girl Today she has a name Neda Soltani …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[899,106,2349,218,1107,220],"class_list":["post-907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iran","tag-democracy","tag-human-rights","tag-iran","tag-neda-soltani","tag-regime-change","tag-tehran","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-eD","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3151,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/its-not-another-revolution\/","url_meta":{"origin":907,"position":0},"title":"Its Not Another Revolution","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th September 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yUlqe93hiYI Its not another revolution Those people on the streets Its a demand for justice That comes through those tweets And posts through sites like Facebook That the Mullahs try to ignore And use their powers to block But the people cry no more Over 200 some say are dead\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Arab Spring"","block_context":{"text":"Arab Spring","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/arab-spring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Neda Agha Soltani","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/18erqzhvdozt1jpg.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":790,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/she-is-remembered-still-though-most-forget-her-name\/","url_meta":{"origin":907,"position":1},"title":"She Is Remembered Still, Though Most Forget Her Name – \u0646\u062f\u0627 \u0622\u0642\u0627 \u0633","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"22nd January 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aXSkrD-cZUA She was shot on a streetcorner, gaining fame for all the wrong reasons. 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