Iran Holocaust

2009

2009 in Iran: 2 documented events and 1 named victim of state repression.

Documented events
2
Named victims
1

A year-by-year record of repression in Iran. Below are the events documented for 2009, followed by the people whose deaths that year are named in our database.

2009-06-12 — Green Movement erupts. Millions take to the streets against the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, chanting 'Where is my vote?'

2009-06-20 — Neda Agha-Soltan killed. 26-year-old music student shot in the chest at a Tehran protest; her death, filmed on a mobile phone, becomes the symbol of the Green Movement.

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