I suppose the premise of this thread is: 'Why is one death person remembered over so many unremembered others?
Or even: why Neda, and not a thousand others, Palestinian, Iraqi, Iranian or others? Or possibly: why not those deaths who could, depending one one's political point of view, be ascribed to the aggression of American and like-minded states?'

Which I am not going to argue here, apart from admitting that the questions can not simply be dismissed as rhetoric.


Why Neda?

Because of what Pape, said, because of what Xiahou said, because of what Andres said.


Because she symbolises innocence struck down by beastliness - an analogy to tyranny oppressing freedom.
Because she is easy to identify with for many people. A homeless man beaten to death, an African starving to death, they are more difficult to identify with than Neda.
Because of many things, not least of which because Neda is, simply, stunningly attractive. Her striking physical appearance combines with the circumstances of her death, with the serene brutality, into a haunting image. I have not been able to watch more than two seconds of the video of her death, nor do I know if I'll ever will or would want to.
A simple foto-collage that I watched earlier brought me to tears already. I couldn't bear watching the video.

She haunts me, she really does.