week and was received by President Shimon Peres. “I came to Israel as an ambassador from the Iranian people, as a messenger from the camp of peace,” the daily Haaretz quoted Makan as saying. Peres wished the Iranian people a happy new year and said, “The uprising of many Iranians restored the honor typical to Iranian culture. More than an economic or military struggle, I see this struggle as a moral fight and Neda was a brave soldier in that struggle.”