MEXICO CITY , Mexico ( CNN ) -- The United States may have been behind the killing of Neda Agha-Soltan , the 26-year-old Iranian woman whose fatal videotaped shooting Saturday made her a symbol of opposition to the June 12 presidential election results , the country 's ambassador to Mexico said Thursday . Neda Agha-Soltan , 26 , was shot to death in Tehran on Saturday . `` This death of Neda is very suspicious , '' Ambassador Mohammad Hassan Ghadiri said . `` My question is , how is it that this Miss Neda is shot from behind , got shot in front of several cameras , and is shot in an area where no significant demonstration was behind held ? '' He suggested that the CIA or another intelligence service may have been responsible . `` Well , if the CIA wants to kill some people and attribute that to the government elements , then choosing women is an appropriate choice , because the death of a woman draws more sympathy , '' Ghadiri said . In response , CIA spokesman George Little said , `` Any suggestion that the CIA was responsible for the death of this young woman is wrong , absurd and offensive . '' Though the video appeared to show that she had been shot in the chest , Ghadiri said that the bullet was found in her head and that it was not of a type used in Iran . `` These are the methods that terrorists , the CIA and spy agencies employ , '' he said . `` Naturally , they would like to see blood spilled in these demonstrations , so that they can use it against the Islamic Republic of Iran . This is of the common methods that the CIA employs in various countries . '' But , he added , `` I am not saying that now the CIA has done this . There are different groups . It could be the [ work of another ] intelligence service ; it could be the CIA ; it could be the terrorists . Anyway , there are people who employ these types of methods . '' Asked about his government 's imposition of restrictions on reporting by international journalists , Ghadiri blamed the reporters themselves . `` Some of the reporters and mass media do not reflect the truth , '' he said . For example , he said , international news organizations have lavished coverage on demonstrations by supporters of Mir Hossein Moussavi , whom the government has said lost to the incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by a landslide . But those same news organizations have not shown `` many , many demonstrations in favor of the winner , '' he said . Further , he said , members of the international news media have failed to report on people setting banks and buses afire or attacking other people . `` The only things they show are the reactions of the police , '' he said . Because of restrictions on reporting in Iran , CNN has been unable to confirm many of the reports and claims relating to protests . Ghadiri said it is only fair that security forces protect the lives and property of the Iranian people . `` If in America supporters of Mr. McCain had gotten out on the street and tried to burn the banks during the last election , do you think the police would just sit idly by and be a spectator ? '' he asked , referring to the GOP presidential candidate who lost the presidential vote in November to Barack Obama . Ghadiri called on backers of Moussavi to `` accept the majority 's victory . '' Ahmadinejad 's overwhelming victory was no surprise , Ghadiri said , noting that a poll published in the United States three weeks before the June 12 elections showed Ahmadinejad with a commanding lead . `` Why do n't you show that ? '' he asked . Ghadiri also addressed questions about the rapid reporting of the election results , which the opposition has cited as evidence that the ballots were not properly counted . `` It was n't said that only four people counted the 40 million votes , '' he said . `` There were tens of thousands of people in Iran who counted these votes . They declared that this is very simple . ''
Ambassador to Mexico says CIA or other intelligence service may be to blame . CIA spokesman says idea is `` wrong , absurd and offensive '' Envoy says foreign forces wanted to use bloodshed against Iranian government . Media are n't reporting on pro-Ahmadinejad demonstrations , he says .