Thursday, 18 June 2009

OK! Sustained/refreshed...here we go again!

2Jaydawg!
Mr.C says you were upset...
"Sorry." Nobody will know, after all who reads this...?
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Are you listening Rudd?


"If President Obama wants to support democratic movements on a shoestring, he should support an "Internet freedom initiative" pending in Congress. This would include $50 million in the appropriations bill for these censorship-evasion technologies. The 21st-century equivalent of the Berlin wall is a cyberbarrier, and we can help puncture it.


Mr. Zhou, the son of a Chinese army general, said that he and his colleagues began to develop such software after the 1999 Chinese government crackdown on Falun Gong (which the authorities denounce as a cult). One result was a free software called Freegate, small enough to carry on a flash drive. It takes a surfer to an overseas server that changes I.P. addresses every second or so, too quickly for a government to block it, and then from there to a banned site.

Freegate amounts to a dissident's cyberkit. E-mails sent with it can be encrypted. And after a session is complete, a press of a button eliminates any sign that it was used on that computer."

Nicholas Kristof @ NYT

Ironic really that while the rest of the world wants to smash the cyber-wall, you want to erect one here in Australia! "Fair shake of the sauce bottle mate."

Or are your freedoms different to mine?
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Patti Smith - People Have The Power



The true Goddess!
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What took you so long?

I e-mailed Nico @ HuffPo 5 hours ago about iranfax.org and now he puts it up! watch out for hamradio (Middle East) wavelengths emailed to him a couple of minutes ago! love MonaXXX

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Updates (keep refreshing page#2)

If you have Tor setup I urge you to post your own bridge link on your blog and help get the word out that there are ways around internet filters. You can download Tor and the Vidalia bundle below.

Download Tor
Download Tor in Farsi

Update:
If Tor gets taken out please try http://iran.sharearchy.com/ for information on getting around the Ayatollah’s Iran Curtain.


Hillary goes GREEN!






What is a President without a Country?

Due to Military neutrality, and State Police cooperation with people, everything will be transferred to the Rev. Guards tmr.

big ques is what the paramilitary volunteer 'basij' do. theyre in effect outside the law givng govt plausible deniability

Tomorrow at 10 am ANJ/Basij crowd gather in front of Judiciary to call for arrest of Faeze and Mehdi Hashemi for their role in the unrest

Praying is enough. U are the best friends anyone could hope for. I'm glad to have had the pleasure of talking to any of u.

eyewitness:in the past rally, a friend was beaten up by the force group and was left with a broken head and injured eyes

Victory-peace-signs I hope Reza is OK where ever he is. nobody knows where Intel took him to. they should already called his familiy.

Yes, and Doctors in some hospitals are standing in front doors preventing basij from interring

the rumor about Hezbolah & Hamas helping Basij, until today I never believed it but I saw them today with my own eyes

they wear black riot police outfit, brown skin and shouting to people in Arabic & hit everybody they see

State Police Force comfirms the plain-clothes and black-masked militia are from Palestine and Lebanon, and have diff. orders.

Hamed from Tabriz confirmed 2 killed in Tabriz's engineering university. thing really getting awful for all students around the country

RT:some of the students arrested have not been released yet after 3 day, no word from them :((

Mousavi's wife Zahra Rahnavard today joined injured students at Tehran University

Mousavi & Khatami have delivered joint letter to Ministry of Justice demanding release of protestors

Iranian state TV just broadcast footage of the ongoing protest at Haft-e-Tir Sq. This is a break through!! VIVA Iran VIVA Mousavi!!Soccer-green

eyewitness, latest slogan: "Take the websites and our cell phones, we don't give our country to you!"

Please Vote for google to change its logo for one day http://bit.ly/134Xwo

IMPORTANT #youtube announcement regarding making an exception 4 Iranian violent videos & keeping them in the public forum

BBC is the crappiest network I've ever seen ... they just revealed every trick the nation can use for communication in such tough times!!

Foreign Media in Iran is now officially under "OFFICE ARREST", BUT I'm Iranian, so I take off my Journo Hat & walk the streets as an Iranian

Now 2 people we've intvwd in last wk have been arrested

I have a bad feeling in my gut that the protests are weakening, and the gov is going to win this. Please don't let it happen.

tired, worried. what will happen? will all this sacrifice change anything?

Tweets
@DailyDish


(So how is Fitzroy today?)

HAM RADIO FREQUENCIES FOR IRAN



Anonymous Iran

ALL FOREIGN JOURNALISTS ORDERED TO LEAVE IRAN

ALL CELL PHONE SERVICE SHUT DOWN IN IRAN

"As we look ahead to what is likely to be another dramatic day of protest in Iran, it is worth noting what The Guardian's Ian Black said in an audio interview this morning, after he returned from Tehran. Asked "who's leading the protesters," Mr. Black said that "it is in effect rather amorphous and leaderless." He said that many of the rallies seemed to be "pretty much happening spontaneously without anyone organizing them." As the Iranian government continues to try to stop the protests by arresting reformist political leaders and intellectuals, the opposition's ability to keep mobilizing seemingly spontaneous rallies could be crucial to its success."
Nico Pitney
(11-59AM)



CONFIRMED FAKE TWEETERS
* http://twitter.com/Persian_Guy (Using fake RT to spread disinfo)
* http://twitter.com/serv_ (posing fake RTs; disinfo)
* http://twitter.com/TruePersian1 (Was preaching violence & destruction in all caps; now updates are protected)
* http://twitter.com/twitrevolution (Suggesting violence towards police and blocking of roads; such actions are likely arrestable. Either provocateur or someone really violent)

Trolls and SPAM

* http://twitter.com/louis_friend (Tweets are obviously fake, includes obscene links such as the infamous Goatse pics)
* http://twitter.com/jamal1986 (all links are to infamous Goatse pic) NEW!
* http://twitter.com/falseprophetakb (Nazi symbolism; claims Mohammad is a “false prophet” hence the username, and name is “HowardStern”)
* http://twitter.com/IRFORREAL (fake url for unrelated site)
* http://twitter.com/ohaitere (Alternating between a false report of Mousavi death and SPAM about iPhones)
* http://twitter.com/jfcrow (few tweets, all appear to be random keywords)
* http://twitter.com/Karmuk (Retweeting same message over and over)
* http://twitter.com/mikehiavelli (Same tweets over and over)
* http://twitter.com/globalmeeting (Same tweets over and over)

Suspected

* http://twitter.com/FreeMediaNews (Some tweets are fake reports)
* http://twitter.com/IRElec (Using entrapment techniques that are well known)
* http://twitter.com/lisamforeman (Possibly fake Guardian.co.uk account)
* http://twitter.com/AJE_Producer (Possibly fake Al’ Jazerra Account)

To Watch

* http://twitter.com/amoo_miki (Was following many people with no updates; only just started posting)
* http://twitter.com/AnonymousInIran (Was an Anonymous Posting Proxy with ANYONE able to post through it; now banned in Iran)
* http://twitter.com/rccccr (was following users with Iran election tweets, still no posts)
* http://twitter.com/BrothersinAbrah (a single hashtag post only)
* http://twitter.com/_SuperGreen_ (No updates so far)
* http://twitter.com/ghb78 (Following seems to be random, followers likely auto-refollow)

Suspended or removed:

* http://twitter.com/IranisFree (Had link to a website that crashes IE)
* http://twitter.com/am12976
* http://twitter.com/iranianfree2k9
* http://twitter.com/rWhZEV (Fake Iran Election headlines)

Conspiracy Theories (Not necessarily purposeful disinfo)

* http://twitter.com/persiantiki
* http://twitter.com/chartingstocks (Writing fake articles on the Iranian Election Twitters)
* http://twitter.com/obamaspy



Graphic footage

Hilary Clinton defends twitter users

#Persian_Guy @twitter confirmed mole

Reports of Basij going into hospitals and beating up injured patients

Interesting summary
Disturbing the amount of times now I have read about the Palestinian Hamas fighters who are allegedly in Tehran. Even though Hamas Palestinians are Sunni and Iranian's are mostly Shi'ite, this is possibly payback for all the money that Iran has given to Hamas in the past.
NB: NOT CONFIRMED.

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Real time

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

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What appear to be twitter accounts run by anti democracy forces

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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.






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

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.
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South Korea 1 VS 1 Iran

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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.
From the fevered imagination of exilestreet at 00:43 0 Reactions

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.
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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.
From the fevered imagination of exilestreet at 22:57 0 Reactions

US options re: Iran

Very interesting analysis from 'The Middle East Strategy at Harvard' blog here.
From the fevered imagination of exilestreet at 22:41 0 Reactions

Ladies & gentlemen - these are the rules of engagement!

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.

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