The Revolution will be twittered:
Mock not. As the regime shut down other forms of communication, Twitter survived. With some remarkable results. Those rooftop chants that were becoming deafening in Tehran? A few hours ago, this concept of resistance was spread by a twitter message. Here’s the Twitter from a Moussavi supporter:
ALL internet & mobile networks are cut. We ask everyone in Tehran to go onto their rooftops and shout ALAHO AKBAR in protest #IranElection
For those non-twitter folks the news out of Iran is coming fast and furious. The kids are trying to start a revolution, their chances of success are dim but who should the United States be supporting? It sure isn’t Ahmedanutjob, whom Obama chose to support. Examples out of twitter:
Sunday, June 14, 2009 10:54 AM
Canada and US playing it safe. BBC – Protest against Iran election results http://bit.ly/oGpe3Sunday, June 14, 2009 10:53 AM
Irani-American demonstration in Georgetown, DC. Signs: Ahmandinejad not my President.
Sunday, June 14, 2009 10:53 AM
RT @TehranBureauAs of 5 pm in Tehran, ppl gone to the roofs chanting God is Great & Death to the Dictator!Sunday, June 14, 2009 10:53 AM
ahmadinejad, you love hezbollah and hamas so much, you are not Persian anymore, you embarrass us… get out…Sunday, June 14, 2009 10:53 AM
That’s new RT @iran09 Ayatollahs Protest Election Fraud http://bit.ly/ZDM4QSunday, June 14, 2009 10:53 AM
RT @amadril: RT @SusanneUre: Photos: Riots in Tehran. http://twurl.nl/j2varm #IranElectionSunday, June 14, 2009 10:29 AM
RT @mranti: Tonight, we are all Iranians. You deserve a better treatment than us at Tiananmen 20 years ago.Sunday, June 14, 2009 10:29 AM
News: Basiji forces are standing outside Guilan University in RashtSunday, June 14, 2009 10:29 AM
to all you out there: PLEASE stop your govs from accepting this fraudulent gov. RESPECT iranians’ vote.
And Mousavi twittered his arrest:
Dear Iranian People, Mousavi has not left you alone, he has been put under house arrest by Ministry of Intelligence #IranElection
Video of police being caught by crowd:
Good photo set of the protests can be found here.
And this latest update from Tehren Bureau:
From Isfahan, where there was a massive crackdown on a university dormitory (along with arrests):
I am safe, yet in desperate need for sleep. Not only did they steal the vote but they are rubbing it in our faces, Ahmadinejad is holding “Thank You Ceremonies”!!! all over the country, they are giving away ice cream and cakes…Isfahan is almost quiet today, but in Tehran & Ahwaz unrest continues, the people have devised a clever method of hit & run, although I am against destruction and anarchy, but that’s the only way left to voice an opposition. The protests have become localized, in the neighborhoods small contingents of protestors gather, chant, throw stones and before the police can react they retreat to their houses only to emerge when the police is gone. In response security forces have deployed thousands of motor riding forces, one drives the other one slings his club right & left, a sort of quick response task force. Today I witnessed a motorcade of at least 30 of such odd couples!!!!
you know the worst thing about all of this is that now there is no refuge left for the people, if someone from within the government does any wrong doing, there will be no higher authority to go to, if you are beaten up, and want to press charges, they will imprison you instead.
I am very angry at myself for being fooled so easily, they got us to vote, which gave them legitimacy, and then they manipulated the results, many are vowing never to vote again.
I ask myself…what’s next?…what worse can happen?…there are rumors circulating that they are going after “mamjma’e tashkhis e maslehat” next…
The other unfortunate thing is that the rift and division in the society is becoming ever so evident, unconsciously we label everyone who supports Ahmadinejad, as an enemy, as a foe…(as they have always regarded us so…)
hum………well I’ll get back to you as soon as I hear something new….right now it seems you have easier access to the news than we do!
the least the west can do is to refuse to recognize Ahmadinejad’s government…with this government they won’t be gaining anything from the negotiations anyway so at least they should halt them all together and thus make a statement………
take care..
Sorry to say the President who would have had the guts to do something like that left office a few months ago….the one we got in replacement does not have the courage or fortitude to act.
UPDATE
Some of the latest:
Sunday, June 14, 2009 11:28 AM
RT @Gr8RDH: RT @msapprehensive: #iranelection The number of police in #Tehran streets is unbelievable tonight.Sunday, June 14, 2009 11:28 AM
RT @NotCOBMiscavige NEWS: Source says more ppl needed on streets in Rasht around Univ. and Meydaane GaazSunday, June 14, 2009 11:28 AM
If Iran sleeps tonight,it may sleep 4 a long time.But Iran wont sleep @2hamed reports protests spreading inTabrizSunday, June 14, 2009 11:28 AM
RT @naseemfaqihi: RT @msapprehensive: #iranelection The number of police in Tehran streets is unbelievable tonight.Sunday, June 14, 2009 11:28 AM
Rt @2hamed Protests are spreading so fast in Iran. now in Tabriz.
UPDATE
Sunday, June 14, 2009 11:39 AM
RT @katriord RT @sshahabi Grand Ayatollah Saanei to take part in the protest tomorrow http://bit.ly/ZDM4QSunday, June 14, 2009 11:39 AM
“Lots of government banks and buildings were torched and another night of violence is expected.” http://tinyurl.com/kqnsa7Sunday, June 14, 2009 11:42 AM
NEWS: finally got threw to aunt & uncle in tehran. They said the streets are jammed with people everyone chanting.Sunday, June 14, 2009 11:41 AM
public german TV stations said they were not allowed to report anymore. http://bit.ly/PkjL3
UPDATE
Major violence and tanks now being reported @1300hrs PST:
From @tehranbureau: “basij and security forces had fought for hours to subdue the people… My friends who work in the tehran hospitals said the number of injured was staggering”
From @winston80: “heavy clashes in Shiraz (southern Iran) reported. ppl attacking police”
From @iranelection09: “URGENT JUST IN, there are TANKS in front of the interior ministry of tehran in valiasr st. & fatemi cross CAREFUL”
UPDATE
Sunday, June 14, 2009 1:05 PM
RT @jimsciuttoABC: #iranelection Witnessed police spraying pepper gas in eyes of peaceful female protestersSunday, June 14, 2009 1:05 PM
jstreFrom inside Iran: Anti-govt protests have spread to other Iranian cities, incl Rasht (via @jimsciuttoABC)Sunday, June 14, 2009 1:05 PM
RT @Change_for_Iran: IRG’s Elite infantry division seen at Narmak in standby & fully armed with military equipment.Sunday, June 14, 2009 1:05 PM
RT @dankennedy_nu Q&A in @guardian pulls together evidence that Ahmadinejad really did steal #IranElection. http://tr.im/ot7c
Police beating anyone standing around:
UPDATE
Apparently some real numbers came out:
Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:04 PM
#iranelection RT @StopAhmadi NEWS: The correct votes were 19,7M Mousavi, Karoubi 7M, Rezaei 3M, Ahmadinejad 7-8MSunday, June 14, 2009 2:04 PM
Mousavi got a phone call from election dept. at 1am on election night, they told him “You won, prepare your victory speech” #iranelection RTSunday, June 14, 2009 2:04 PM
RT @StopAhmadi: NEWS: So what happened is; Mousavi woke up day after & heard the same numbers, but winner is Ahmadinejad #iranelectionSunday, June 14, 2009 2:04 PM
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria states that he believes #iranelection was rigged. // well then, it must be so! Thanks for stating the obvious #iranSunday, June 14, 2009 2:04 PM
RT @Andorion RT @LavaABCNews Says M NOT arrested, but secret po around his home to control #iranelection
And Ace reminds us that John Bolton said before the election that even if Mousavi was elected not much would change:
UPDATE
The BBC has been ordered out of Iran, film being confiscated:
4:35 update: Foreign media crackdown underway. NBC and ABC have had their cameras and film confiscated. BBC has been ordered out of the country.
Latest video from protests tonight:
UPDATE
Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:52 PM
@ MaryKnudson RT 2am, ppl still on roof shouting- want freedom #Iranelection “God given God inspired &God’s gift to all” Bush 2005 #iranSunday, June 14, 2009 2:52 PM
RT @persiankiwi the sound of cars and people chanting is incredible. like all the city is alive at 2am. #IranelectionSunday, June 14, 2009 2:52 PM
RT @persiankiwi: tomorrow in 19 cities we march. world will see that ppl of iran are brave. we will defeat dictators. #IranelectionSunday, June 14, 2009 2:52 PM
just got off the phone with ppl in Karaj. Tanks are rolling down the streets… Basidjis and youngsters clash in Gohardasht #Iranelection
New video of protests:
UPDATE
Pictures of the aftermath of protest at Univ of Isfahan
Here is an interview with a young Iranian reporter inside Iran:
Iranian officials say the June 12 presidential vote was free and fair. But reformists are crying foul and some even say a “coup” took place in Iran. RFE/RL correspondent Golnaz Esfandiari spoke to a 29-year-old journalist who works for one of Iran’s moderate daily newspapers. She did not want her named to be used because of security fears.
RFE/RL: What happened in Iran or what is happening in Iran? Some call it a coup, while others describe it as an epic and a “people’s election.” What is your view as a journalist who is in Tehran?
Iranian Journalist: The important event that took place in Iran is that it wasn’t an election; it was a coup d’etat. [They] stole 24 million votes of the nation and took them away for themselves. If there were really a winner, they would have to celebrate, but instead they beat people. They performed a coup, but they don’t call it a coup.
RFE/RL: What are the indications?
Journalist: Please don’t use the word “fraud” because it is mitigation of what has happened in Iran. Fraud is what was happening in the past 30 years. This is not fraud. They haven’t [counted ] people’s votes. Using the word fraud is like calling a deep cut a small scratch. There was no fraud; it was a coup.
RFE/RL: Please explain why you call it a coup. Based on what?
Journalist: Based on the military atmosphere that is now ruling [in the country], based on the threats against senior officials in the country. What are the elements of a coup in the world? Just now as we’re speaking, [Mahmud Ahmadinejad] said I’ll clean the Iranian establishment of all these corrupted elements. [If this isn’t] a coup, then what is it?
Coup means that right now they’re beating people in the streets. A coup means they didn’t even count people’s votes. They announced the results without opening the ballot boxes. It was sent as a circular to the state television, which announced it. Is it so difficult for the world to understand this?
RFE/RL: How do you think the world should react to what has happened in Iran and what is happening right now — the protests and the crackdown?
Journalist: Recognizing Iran’s election as an election is a crime against democracy. The countries that have fought for democracy, countries that talk about democracy, if they accept this, they’re betraying themselves. This was not an election. If they accept this, it means they’ve put democracy under question. They’ve launched a coup under the cover of democracy.
This is a very important event. Just look at what the indications for a coup are. Last night, [cellphone] lines were cut; we can’t send SMSs. We can’t check our e-mails. We can’t keep in touch on Facebook. If this was a real election, then why [these measures]? [People] are responding to this in the streets. People were being beaten up in the streets until 4 a.m. They had gone out to be beaten. Everyone is upset and [holding back tears].
UPDATE
Sunday, June 14, 2009 3:37 PM
RT @PersianKiwi fires burning—heard gunshots abt 10 mins ago—sounded like coming from NE Tehran where fires are.Sunday, June 14, 2009 3:37 PM
News from Tehran: Minutes ago riot police has entered Tehran UniversitySunday, June 14, 2009 3:37 PM
Phone report from my wife: “They’re open firing on the crowd..not letting injured in hospitals”Sunday, June 14, 2009 3:37 PM
RT @WOTN: RT @awwsboss: RT @iran09: 2:52 AM, forces attack ppls houses (complexes) in Sa’adat-Abad, a town in northen #tehran.
UPDATE
Video of the chanting from rooftops:
And from Allahpundit:
CNN reporter says Iranian students keep coming up to him and saying if Obama accepts this result, they’re doomed
UPDATE
Sunday, June 14, 2009 4:05 PM
RT @iran09 Cell net is off. Dorms are under massive attack. So many students are injured. All officials have left the complex.Sunday, June 14, 2009 4:04 PM
RT @IranRiggedElect: sources: “tear gas in the dorm. It’s un-uniformed police and riot guards. at least 100 students arrested”Sunday, June 14, 2009 4:04 PM
RT @arashpour Our mobiles are cut, internet very slow,reporters deported tomorrow.tomorrow is a big day for us.support us!
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From View from Iran, “Why We Were (Not) Naive”, posted yesterday:
From the “Thanks for Voting” post, Wednesday:
Another Iranian blogger, Adventures of Mr. Behl, worth checking in on.
Also Rotten Gods.
Whatever the Muslim saying for “God speed” is, I say that to those standing up against oppression in Iran. Every story I hear makes it more and more obvious that their election was blatantly fixed. Too bad they never had a Second Amendment.
Send in Al Gore !!!!
The people there can start shouting “SELECTED NOT ELECTED!!!!”
That’s right, Barack Obama is your President.
All I can ask is where was the UN in all of this??
Aren’t they the ones who were wanting to come to the US to be sure that
Obama got elected?there was a fair election?If fairness and freedom from dictators and those like Ahmadarnednut who would hijack freedom, then they should have intervened to be sure there was a fair election.*
*Not that I have the slightest faith in the Useless Nations. I just want to hold their feet to the fire at every chance I get. I would love nothing more than to see the UN off American soil and disbanded.
How could the Iranian thug groups be so stupid, throwing American media out of their country. After all, the MSM would have printed/reported anything our beloved Hussein wished and he is an Amadinejad supporter! All that effort and concern for nothing! I mean, if there is a nation that should understand the concept of a wholly owned media, it’s Iran!