Timeline of the 2009 Iranian election protests forces shut down a scheduled solidarity march through the streets of Cairo, planned in honor of Neda Agha Soltan. Egyptian dissidents accused their government of hypocrisy, for having denounced the Iranian regime's repressive actions only days before banning the march. On the floor of the Iranian Parliament, a physical confrontation broke out between MP Pezeshkian, who had urged the regime to show restraint, and hard-line MPs. Signs of unrest continued today. Motorists in Tehran beeped their horns to signal their support for Mousavi, prompting basiji patrols to slash tires and break windshields. Meanwhile, in response to rumors of a human
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