Amateur videos offer chilling glimpses of Iran

22 Jun 2009, 8:20 am   -   Source: SBS
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Amateur footage of a teenage girl dying on the streets of Tehran has been broadcast across the globe via internet.

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Amateur videos of a teenage girl dying on the streets of Tehran and of a young man shot in the chest and reportedly killed by Iranian security forces have been broadcast across the globe via internet.

Foreign media are banned from reporting on non-official events in Iran.

A YouTube video clip shows a girl known as Neda, who is thought to have been no older than 16, bleeding to death while frantic attempts are made to save her life.

Link to YouTube video  WARNING: Contains very graphic images you may find distressing

Unverified reports say the teenager had been watching Saturday's protests with her father when she was shot by Iran's militia.

A message posted with the original footage on YouTube alleges she was intentionally shot in the chest. "I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to save her," the video's poster said.

"But the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet had blasted inside the victim's chest, and she died in less than two minutes.

 Video shows man 'being shot'

 In another YouTube video, a young man is apparently shot in the chest and killed reportedly by Iranian security forces seen patrolling the nearby rooftops.

As the young man's bloodied body is laid on the ground, the crowd goes into frenzy.

Protesters run in every direction, some to escape and others fight back with rocks or stones as the gunshots continue.

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