[ADN Kronos] Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked the head of the country's judiciary to investigate the death of Neda Agha-Soltani, the young woman killed during the protests against the presidential election. Iranian state media said Ahmadinejad sent a letter to judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi on Monday calling for a probe into what it called the "suspicious" death of 26-year-old Neda, suggesting her death could be linked to "opponents of the Iranian nation"."Neda Agha-Soltan was shot dead in one of Tehran's streets on June 20 by unknown elements in a completely suspicious way," said the president, quoted by the English-language state channel Press TV.
Ahmadinejad used his statement about the investigation to attack foreign interference in the events that followed the disputed election.
"Amid vast propaganda by foreign media and many other evidence about the heartfelt event, it seems definite that opponents of the Iranian nation interfere (in Iran's internal affairs) for their political misuse."
According to Press TV, Neda's death was considered "suspicious" after sources said she was killed by a small-calibre pistol, a weapon not used by Iranian security forces.
Last week, one of Iran's most powerful clerics, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said that protesters were responsible for the death of Neda.
Khatami considers Ahmadinejad the official winner of the presidential election on 12 June despite complaints by defeated candidates including Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Official election results gave a landslide victory to Ahmadinejad but supporters of the defeated candidates including Mir Hossein Mousavi have disputed the result and taken to the streets of Tehran and other cities in the thousands.
It is the most dramatic upheaval seen in the country in more than 30 years since the Islamic revolution in 1979.
At least 17 people are believed to have died in protests after the disputed presidential poll, which the opposition complains was rigged.
At least 1,000 opposition supporters are reported to have staged a noisy rally outside a mosque in Tehran on Sunday evening before it was broken up by police and militia.