Neda Agha-Soltan Graduate Scholarship at odd with the rest of the world's academic institutions". Eslamain asked for the university's governing board to be informed of "the Iranian views", and finished by saying, "Surely, your steps to achieve your attractions through non-politically supported programmes can better heal the wounds of her family and her nation". There was also a report of a demonstration outside the British Embassy in Tehran against the scholarship. A group of female protesters were said by the Iranian news agency Fars to have chanted "Death to Britain". In response, Madden emphasised that the scholarship was to help Iranian students without adequate
Timeline of the 2009 Iranian election protests Iran arrested several Bahá'ís for their religion, which is banned in Iran despite being originated there, along with opposition leaders, activists and journalists. Iranian-Americans marched in Washington D.C. in support of the protesters. The unknown Iranians who filmed the Death of Neda Agha-Soltan were awarded the 2009 George Polk Award for Videography. Approximately 1,200 Iranians signed a petition against a law that would limit women's rights. Mohammed Raza Heydari and his family, Iran's former consul general in Oslo, was granted political asylum in Norway, following threats against him by the Iranian government because he quit his job in protest against