During the Tehran street protests on June 20, 2009, Neda Agha Soltan, a young woman was shot by a basiji . She was participating in the protests at Karegar St at the intersection of Khosravi and Salehi.  

The people of Iran have named the street Neda. This is the first video from inside Iran of a woman being killed in the recent protests. YouTube has posted a video of Neda and her music instructer before she was shot. (video link)

video of Neda being shot and killed

Gallery of Iran Protests - June 2009

Pictures of Neda

New York Daily News: "Neda, young girl brutally killed in Iran, becoming symbol of rebellion" - June 21, 2009

CNN: "'Neda' becomes rallying cry for Iranian protests" - June 21, 2009

New York Times: "A Supreme Leader Loses His Aura as Iranians Flock to the Streets" - June 20, 2009

I also know that Iran’s women stand in the vanguard. For days now, I’ve seen them urging less courageous men on. I’ve seen them get beaten and return to the fray. “Why are you sitting there?” one shouted at a couple of men perched on the sidewalk on Saturday. “Get up! Get up!”
Another green-eyed woman, Mahin, aged 52, staggered into an alley clutching her face and in tears. Then, against the urging of those around her, she limped back into the crowd moving west toward Freedom Square . Cries of “Death to the dictator!” and “We want liberty!” accompanied her.
There were people of all ages. I saw an old man on crutches, middle-aged office workers and bands of teenagers. Unlike the student revolts of 2003 and 1999, this movement is broad.
“Can’t the United Nations help us?” one woman asked me. I said I doubted that very much. “So,” she said, “we are on our own.”