via almost-at site:
http://www.rferl.org/section/Iran+Presidential+Election/733.html
And the Drive By’s try to supress full coverage of the protests, because it might reflect negatively on Zero’s capabilities to enact “change” you can believe in...
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I’m monitoring some folks twittering from Iran. One twitterer, called Persiankiwi, gave the following reports over about the last half hour (goes from oldest to newest)
unconfirmed - students killed last night at Tehran Uni dorms. #Iranelection
no confirmed sighting of Khatami yet. #Iranelection
Ferdowsi Ave - confirmed - thousands marching - peaceful. #Iranelection
Valli Asr st closed to traffic - tens of thousands marching - unbelievable sight. #Iranelection
I cannot see directly from my position but am being told many many people in streets - too many to count. #Iranelection
have secured good proxy service. cannot display adds - will be cut as soon as displayed. #Iranelection
we have 40kb speed now. will post as fast as possible. #Iranelection
have spoken with Ahwaz. am told demos are not peaceful there. #Iranelection
unconfirmed - Mashad is violent. #Iranelection
unconfirmed as yet - mousavi newspaper offices raided. #Iranelection
tehran is at standstill. all major routes jammed with people. #Iranelection
we do not know if foreign press are covering this. we cannot access satellites. #Iranelection
tonight we will have film from march for u. #Iranelection
informed Karoubi and Mousavi are at different parts of rally. no sighting of khatami yet. #Iranelection
1) Khamenei swinging from a rope underneath Freedom Arch.
2) The little Holocaust-denying creep whose name I can't spell, flogged mercilessly in public and then executed.
3) The Revolutionary Council stripped of their robes and paraded naked through Tehran.
4) Disintegration of the Islamic Republic and mass conversions to Christianity.
“It is not the number of votes that counts, it is who is doing the counting that counts!”—Josef Stalin
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A few more tweets:
oxfordgirlMousavi to rally “The vote of the people is more important than Mousavi or any other person,” #iranelection #iranelections #moussavi
IranRiggedElectMousavi gave a speech to people on the street, asking for re-election.Khatami gave a seprate speech with the same request.
oxfordgirlFrance 24 confirms Mousavi been seen at protest. I stand corrected #IranElection #IranElection
persiankiwimy ladyingreen reports sighting of mousavi. will update asap. javeed bad mellat Iran. #Iranelection
I used to ping a lot to you folks. I thought this thread might be one you will want to follow.
Brave Iranian Woman Swing-Kicks a Regime Thug (Video)
Brave Iranian Woman Takes on the Basiji
Now, this is courage!
A brave Iranian woman swing kicks a regime thug— then gets beaten with night sticks:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/06/brave-iranian-woman-takes-on-iranian.html
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Many updates and videos on Iranian follow that video.
Twitter: azurelunatic: RT @Stealx: URGENT - Iranian state TV says gunfire has erupted at the pro-Mousavi rally in Tehran #IranElection (BBC also reporting shots!)
Good pics at: http://tehranlive.org/2009/06/14/iranian-protest-election-results-2/
Interesting article from Newsmax:
June 14, 2009: Mousavi protests election results; Rafsanjani in Qom. Mir Hossein Mousavi, reportedly under house arrest in Tehran, has issued a formal protest to the Guardians’ council, asking them to annul the election results. Iranian filmaker Mohsen Maqhmalbaf, speaking on behalf of Mousavi, released a statement on Facebook (the unofficial Mousavi site) saying that Interior Ministry officials came to Mousavi headquarters on the evening of the election, telling them that Mousavi had won a clear victory and that they soon would announce the results. Two hours later, the Interior Ministry announced that Ahmadinejad had won by 62.6% - exactly the same percentage they had announced when the first partial results came in early in the evening.
On Sunday, sources reported to FDI that Rafsanjani has traveled to Qom to convene an emergency meeting of the Majles Khobregan, the Assembly of Experts, to debate the legitimacy of Khamenei’s decision to certify the election results. If this report is confirmed, it signifies an open rift between Khamenei and Rafsanjani. FDI has been told that Rafsanjani is “counting the votes” among fellow Majles Khobregan members to remove Khamenei as Supreme Leader - a dramatic move with unpredictable results.
All eyes are now on Mohsen Rezai, the former Revolutionary Guards chief and bit player in the presidential election. Rezai commands enormous respect and allegiance among senior Revolutionary Guards officers. Initially, he accepted the official results giving the election to Ahmadinejad. But late on Saturday, he sent a letter to the Interior Ministry, demanding that they release detailed election results, ballot box by ballot box. If Rezai puts his formidable influence firmly behind Rafsanjani and Mousavi, then all bets are off and Iran could be headed for armed clashes, with rival factions within the IRGC supporting Ahmadinejad and Mousavi.
One unconfirmed report we have seen allegedly from “reliable sources from inside the Ministry of Interior” in Tehran gave Mousavi 57.2% of ballots counted, and Ahmadinejad 28%. Rezai won 2.7 million votes, or 7.2%, and Karubi got 2.2 million votes, or 6%, with 1.6% of the 37.4 million votes cast indicating no vote.
Rafsanjani went to Qom yesterday (although he was supposedly under house arrest) to call an emergency meeting of the Assembly of Experts to rule on whether there should be a re-vote. He already criticized Khamenei last week, and had they ruled against him that would’ve really opened up a rift. Khamenei’s most recent move may also be to keep Rafsanjani quiet as well.
So far Musavi, Rafsanjani, Karubi, and Khatami (maybe Abtahi as well) and 100 other “reformers” are under house arrest.
I don’t like to promote the Boston Globe, but here are some good pics.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/06/irans_disputed_election.html
Prayers for those in Iran who are attempting to stand against this evil. Prayers for the families of the slain.
This may or may not have been posted here, I don’t time to look.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526403,00.html