Video of a young Iranian woman fatally shot Saturday has become a symbol of the sacrifice for justice.

The gruesome death of a girl called "Neda Soltani" was captured by video on what was believed to be a bystander’s cell phone and has since spread virtually via YouTube, news sites and social media and blogging platforms. "Neda" died on Saturday on a street in Tehran when government police and Basij militia shot at peaceful protestors.

Andrew Sullivan, blogging the Iranian unrest for The Atlantic, posted an e-mail explaining the terrible incident:

At 19:05 June 20th Place: Karekar Ave., at the corner crossing Khosravi St. and Salehi st. A young woman who was standing aside with her father watching the protests was shot by a basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house. He had clear shot at the girl and could not miss her. However, he aimed straight her heart.
I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to save her. But the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet had blasted inside the victim’s chest, and she died in less than 2 minutes. The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St.
The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Please let the world know.

As of media reports on Sunday, "Neda" was one of at least 17 people who died from protest-related incidents. She has become the face of the outcry. As The New York Times and CNN report, users from Tehran and abroad are expressing themselves on social-networking sites including Twitter and holding online "vigils" for the young girl’s death — whose real name has yet to be confirmed. This Facebook memorial page contains very disturbing images and graphics, as well as a poster on which is written the words, "I cannot stop crying over her."

"RIP NEDA, The World cries seeing your last breath, you didn’t die in vain. We remember you." That Twitter post was from a man who said he is a guitarist from Nashville, TN, CNN reports.

Meanwhile, powerful figures in Iran who openly supported President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s opposition, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, were detained over the weekend. Now, Reuters reports that some of them were set free — including Faezeh Rafsanjani, the daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Iran’s Guardian Council admitted this weekend that more people did vote in the election than the actual number of possible registrants, but they denied any wrongdoing.

In the United States, top political leaders debate whether the United States should actively meddle in Iran.

The massive protests and killings come after Ahmadinejad’s disputed win in the presidential election on June 12.

The video below shows "Neda" before she is shot, and then in her final moments before death. WARNING: The video is GRAPHIC.