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For those who are unable or unwilling to watch:
The video consists of two clips.
The first clip starts as the person recording runs toward Neda. She's seeing being lowered to the ground, and appears initially conscious. As the camera comes up on her right side her eyes can be seen to roll back in her head, and then blood begins to stream from her nose and mouth. A man is heard saying, then screaming her name with increasing desperation.
The second video is shorter, and the operator appears to be hiding what I can only assume is a cell phone camera with his thumb for the first moments. As he approaches Neda he uncovers the camera, and we see her lying on the ground in a pool of her own blood. The camera moves up to get a close up of her face. One eye is visible and is staring blankly; it's apparent at this point that if the life has not already left her body it will do so imminently. Her other eye is obscured by blood, which is also streaming over her cheeks and chin.
I won't blame anyone for not wanting to watch this, but I urge anyone who thinks they can manage it to do so. It will very probably make you uncomfortable; I know it does so for me. It's also very compelling and very important. This is what's happening. It's not a newspaper article or a blog entry or a twitter feed. It's Neda, who had the courage to stand up and speak out for her freedoms, and who paid for it with her life.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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