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Thursday, 18 June 2009

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars" - Kahlil Gibran

What appear to be twitter accounts run by anti democracy forces

http://twitter.com/lisamforeman (fake press account)
http://twitter.com/rWhZEV (Fake Iran Election headlines)
http://twitter.com/AJE_Producer (fake Al’ Jazerra Account)
http://twitter.com/TruePersian1 (Preaching violence & destruction in all caps.)
http://twitter.com/amoo_miki (Be wary of this acct. Following many with no updates)
http://twitter.com/IRElec (Using entrapment techniques that are well known)
http://twitter.com/Twiter_Thinker (spamming same link over and over, t-shirt sales)
http://twitter.com/persiantiki
http://twitter.com/rccccr (following users with Iran election tweets, no posts)
http://twitter.com/BrothersinAbrah (hashtag post only)
http://twitter.com/IRFORREAL (fake url for unrelated site)
http://twitter.com/mikehiavelli
http://twitter.com/MoonMagician (Same message over and over)
http://twitter.com/Amir1982
http://twitter.com/_SuperGreen_
http://twitter.com/globalmeeting
http://twitter.com/ghb78
http://twitter.com/am12976
http://twitter.com/iranianfree2k9
http://twitter.com/FreeMediaNews
http://www.twitter.com/jfcrow (unconfirmed)
http://twitter.com/Karmuk (Retweeting same message over and over)
http://twitter.com/chartingstocks (Writing fake articles on the Iranian Election Twitters)
http://twitter.com/obamaspy
http://twitter.com/IranisFree
http://twitter.com/serv_

Updates (keep refreshing page)

Seems to have gone quiet and I certainly need some (beauty) sleep!
(5-19AM)

Famed film director, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, on behalf of Mousavi's campaign, was on BBC just now, He accused Ahamdinejad of giving up Iran's rights in Caspian Sea and other areas in the last 4 years and now is enjoying Russia's firm backing. Then he called it a Russian Coup! He said he has information that high ranking Russian advisers are teaching Ahmadinejad's thugs as to how to oppress the opposition effectively. This is Mohsen Makhmablf, not just any director. Already Iranians are gathering in front of Russian consulate in Toronto.
@ Daily Dish
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(4-59AM)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is disputing an allegation by the Iranian government that the United States is meddling excessively in its internal affairs.

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley responded to the allegation by telling reporters that the U.S. is withholding judgment about whether last week's presidential election was conducted fairly. He said the U.S. is not interfering in Iranian internal affairs.

Crowley acknowledged that the Swiss ambassador, who represents U.S. interests in Tehran, was summoned by government officials to hear the Iranian complaint.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press.

This Could Save Lives!
(4-20AM)

"There were also unconfirmed reports that Mohammad Asgari, who was responsible for the security of the IT network in Iran's interior ministry, was killed yesterday in a suspicious car accident in Tehran. Asgari had reportedly leaked evidence that the elections were rigged to alter the votes from the provinces. Asgari was said to have leaked information that showed Mousavi had won almost 19m votes, and should therefore be president."

Full story at 'FP' here.

PHOTOGRAPHS

http://iranelection.org/

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
(3-39AM)

A state television channel in Iran says the government summoned the Swiss ambassador, who represents U.S. interests in Iran, to complain about American interference. The two countries broke off diplomatic relations after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. An English-language state-run channel quoted the government as calling Western interference "intolerable."
The Guardian

PHOTOGRAPHS

PHOTOGRAPHS

This keeps popping up again and again.
Look at the number of votes NOT the percentages!

Old methods can still work!
http://iranfax.org/

Over half a million people are taking part in a march in Iran now.
Many are wearing black in mourning for those killed in earlier protests. Protesters want to go to Tehran University later to mourn the killing on Sunday of students in a dormitory. Reuters says that "tens of thousands" of people are protesting. One street leading to the square was packed for several kilometres, witnesses said. Most of the protesters were silent and making victory signs. Some are holding pictures of those killed. The authorities say the rally is banned.
The Guardian blog.

In the most specific allegations of rigging yet to emerge, the centrist Ayandeh website – which stayed neutral during the campaign – reported that 26 provinces across the country showed participation figures so high they were either hitherto unheard of in democratic elections or in excess of the number of registered electors.

Taft, a town in the central province of Yazd, had a turnout of 141%, the site said, quoting an unnamed "political expert". Kouhrang, in Chahar Mahaal Bakhtiari province, recorded a 132% turnout while Chadegan, in Isfahan province, had 120%.
Robert Tait in 'The Guardian' reports here.
(1-42AM)

Maybe that Moscow trip was not just window-dressing.

The video appears to be from today.

South Korea 1 VS 1 Iran

محمد رضا شجريان

In response to Ahmadinejad’s earlier speech calling the supporters of Mousavi “brushwood and thorns,” Iran’s most famous classical musician has ordered that Iranian government television/radio never play his music again. Mohammad Reza Shajarian told BBC Persian in an interview:
“Don’t broadcast my voice on Seda va Sima [IRIB Music channel] ever again: my voice is like brushwood and thorns, and it will forever remain brushwood and thorns!”

From 'NIAC' here.

Iranian footballers forced to remove their wristbands for the start of the second half

And as it has been pointed out by Nico Pitney it is incredibly brave of them to wear them in the first place as these are well known people.

Wednesday, 17 June 2009

Why Twitter is the medium

You can actually see when the Iranian authorities cut off the access to the internet here.

US options re: Iran

Very interesting analysis from 'The Middle East Strategy at Harvard' blog here.

Ladies & gentlemen - these are the rules of engagement!

#iranelection cyberwar guide for beginners !

17 Jun 2009

The purpose of this guide is to help you participate constructively in the Iranian election protests through twitter.

1. Do NOT publicise proxy IP’s over twitter, and especially not using the #iranelection hashtag. Security forces are monitoring this hashtag, and the moment they identify a proxy IP they will block it in Iran. If you are creating new proxies for the Iranian bloggers, DM them to @stopAhmadi or @iran09 and they will distributed them discretely to bloggers in Iran.

2. Hashtags, the only two legitimate hashtags being used by bloggers in Iran are #iranelection and #gr88, other hashtag ideas run the risk of diluting the conversation.

3. Keep you bull$hit filter up! Security forces are now setting up twitter accounts to spread disinformation by posing as Iranian protesters. Please don’t retweet impetuously, try to confirm information with reliable sources before retweeting. The legitimate sources are not hard to find and follow.

4. Help cover the bloggers: change your twitter settings so that your location is TEHRAN and your time zone is GMT +3.30. Security forces are hunting for bloggers using location and timezone searches. If we all become ‘Iranians’ it becomes much harder to find them.

5. Don’t blow their cover! If you discover a genuine source, please don’t publicise their name or location on a website. These bloggers are in REAL danger. Spread the word discretely through your own networks but don’t signpost them to the security forces. People are dying there, for real, please keep that in mind.

6. Denial of Service attacks. If you don’t know what you are doing, stay out of this game. Only target those sites the legitimate Iranian bloggers are designating. Be aware that these attacks can have detrimental effects to the network the protesters are relying on. Keep monitoring their traffic to note when you should turn the taps on or off.