Abbas Abad (Tehran) Cineplex"), but its construction was not approved by the authorities of the Ministry of Culture. Currently, the embassies of Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, and Japan are located in Abbas Abad. Neda Agha-Soltan Abbas Abad (Tehran) Abbās Ābād ( - approximate latitude of 35°44'08"N and longitude of 51°26'08"E) is a large north-central neighborhood of Tehran, Iran, designated within the Seventh Municipal District of the capital. Abbas Abad was originally conceived in the 1950s and 60's as a housing and residential center for members of various branches of the military, especially for the ground forces (although on a non-exclusive basis; for instance,
Death of Neda Agha-Soltan a guide for Iranians on foreign tours in Turkey. Those who knew her maintain that Agha-Soltan had not previously been very political – she had not supported any particular candidate in the 2009 Iran elections – but that anger over the election results prompted her to join the protest. Her voice and music teacher, Hamid Panahi, who was accompanying Agha-Soltan during the protest and can be seen on the video trying to comfort the dying woman, told the media: "She couldn't stand the injustice of it." Panahi went on to state: "All she wanted was the proper vote of the