DV called this from Day 1The murder of 26-year-old protester Neda Soltan was staged, Iran's chief of police said Wednesday.
Soltan became the icon of protesters in Iran following her bloody shooting June 20, which shocked the conscience of world leaders and millions more who watched videos posted online that showed her slowly bleeding to death.
According to Iran's Press TV, police chief Esmaeil Ahmadi-Moqadam declared Wednesday that the shooting was a "prearranged scenario" — a "premeditated act of murder" that could not have been committed by Iranian police.
The White House called that allegation part of Iran's "ongoing campaign of misinformation" about the country's widely-disputed June 12 presidential elections, which returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to office and sent hundreds of thousands into the streets in fury over what they claim was a stolen election.
Moqadam led the investigation following an order from Ahmadinejad inquiring about the suspicious nature of the shooting. The Iranian president said even before the investigation that anti-government elements were behind the killing — presumably fingering either foreign agents or even the protesters themselves.
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