Death of Neda Agha-Soltan Mousavi stated they would release thousands of balloons on 26 June 2009 with the message "Nedā you will always remain in our hearts" imprinted on them. On 31 July 2009, the 40th day from the killings of such youth as Nedā Āghā-Soltān, Sohrāb Ā'arābi and Āshkān Sohrābi was held in Tehran where thousands of Iranians mourned for the loss of the victims. Reports also came of gatherings in the thousands in cities of Rasht, Shirāz and Mashad. On 16 November 2009, supporters of the Iranian regime desecrated her grave and removed her gravestone. Later, on 31 December 2009, supporters of
Neda Soltani that she was the same person as Agha-Soltan, and had faked her own death, and others who claimed that she was herself an agent of the Iranian government, impersonating Agha-Soltan to sully her memory. Within two weeks, she had to flee from Iran to avoid arrest. She was granted asylum in Germany in 2010. , Soltani remains exiled from Iran, and is under Germany's asylum. She has authored a book, "My Stolen Face", narrating her story of the incident. Neda Soltani Neda Soltani (Persian: ندا سلطانی); born 1977, in Isfahan, is an Iranian exile. During the 2009 Iranian election protests,