Interview: Mother's tribute to Neda (Audio + Transcript): Via BBC NEWS | Middle East.

The mother of Neda Agha Soltan, the 27-year-old Iranian protester whose death on 20 June was captured on mobile phone video, has spoken at length to the BBC World Service. The following is a transcript of the interview with Hajar Rostami Motlagh.

How did you first hear about your daughter's death?

She left the house mid-afternoon. I couldn't join her but I said I'd keep in touch with her. I managed to get through to her twice. I asked her what was going on. She said the streets are full of people… I asked her to come back home. I told her I was worried about her being out in the crowd. She said fine, I will head back home soon.

Then I called her again and this time she said she was stuck with her friends in this area where soldiers had fired tear gas…She said her eyes were stinging.

The last two people who spoke to her were her uncle and aunt.

Then early that evening I got a call from her music teacher. He said: "Come to the hospital, Neda has been shot."

He told me she had been shot in the leg. I went to the hospital. The music teacher, Mr Panahi's shirt was covered in blood. I said I want to know the truth… I knew something was wrong… they weren't telling me the truth… They kept saying different things about where she had been shot. Fifteen or 20 minutes later, I learned my daughter was dead.

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