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To: D. Long who wrote (465631)1/17/2012 7:19:38 PM
From: SmoothSail  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 794157
 
Not really familiar with Houston. Drove through downtown at night once and the streets were deserted - somewhat like downtown L.A. at night.



To: D. Long who wrote (465631)1/17/2012 7:45:44 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 794157
 
800 block of August off Woodway. The Tanglewood area.

She was active in the Iranian anti-government movement. Makes me suspect it was a targeted assassination. That's me, the police say otherwise, though how do they know?

chron.com

... She was a vocal critic of the Iranian government, according to prior interviews with the Houston Chronicle.
....
Bagherzadeh participated in protests against the Iranian government in 2010 and was among those calling for a change in the current regime as demonstrators in Tehran pushed for revolution.

At the time, she, like other outspoken protesters, requested that her last name not be used in a Houston Chronicle online video because she feared persecution.

"We want change and we want freedom in our country," she said in the video.

She was an organizing member of SabzHouston, a group that pushed for political change in Iran.

Senties said Bagherzadeh was prominent among Iranian women.

"It appears she was one of the ones who would be out protesting and she was very well known in the Iranian women's rights community because she was constantly out protesting," he said...