Sunday, 21 June 2009

Is this Neda? (Unconfirmed)

In Memory of Neda Facebook group thinks it might be.
It certainly does look like her.

Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#31)

DISINFORMATION IS EVERYWHERE.
THERE IS A PICTURE DOING THE ROUNDS THAT ALLEGEDLY SHOWS A FOETUS THAT HAS BEEN SHOT.
THE EXPLANATION BEING THAT THE PREGNANT MOTHER WAS KILLED.
THIS COULDN'T HAVE JUST HAPPENED AS THE PICTURE HAS BEEN FLOATING AROUND IN THE NETHER REGIONS OF THE NET FOR A WHILE NOW
thanx fifi

Helpful hint! Use spray paint to cover road signs and make navigating the streets more difficult for police! #IranElection less than 10 seconds ago from TwitterBerry

VIDEOS

IF POSSIBLE & CAN BE DONE SAFELY Throw rubbish into street to create lines that basiji on motorcycles cannot cross #IranElection less than 20 seconds ago from web

PHOTOGRAPHS

Thanx Carolyn

If anyone sees any news/images
please email to:
monastreet @ gmail dot com
PS Just checked the stats here, some of you have been here longer than me! Admire yr stamina!

If an innocent girl gets shot halfway across the world, does she make a sound? Yes, and the whole world hears her. #iranelection #neda less than 10 seconds ago from web

Tehran. The best the talking heads can do is read Facebook & Twitter. Journalism no longer exists... less than 10 seconds ago from web
...SOME BLOGS TOO!!!

Too true

That's the problem with Twitter. Signal to noise ratio. Hard to get to the truth. #iranelection less than 10 seconds ago from TweetDeck

Wish people with different agenda's
or just plain 'retards' would FUCK OFF!
This is a deadly serious form of communication!
People are dying out there.
THINK FIRST PLEASE!

Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#30)

"What's going on in Iran, really?" Bill Clinton asked. "They have some ethnic differences there and some religious differences, but basically, this is about a government trying to deny the modern world. "And the idea is they just don't think they can keep control, if everybody gets to say what they really believe, and go where they really want, and be who they want to be," Clinton said, adding with a chuckle: "And they're right, right there."
@HuffPo

@constitution In Memory of #Neda Facebook group. If you have a Facebook, please join! http://tinyurl.com/l8ndxp #iranelection #tcot #p2 less than 20 seconds ago from web

A Supreme Leader Loses His Aura As Iranian's Take To The Streets

@NYTimes

Prophet Muhammad - “All actions are judged by the motive prompting them.” #Neda #iranelection #gr88 #tehran less than 10 seconds ago from web

TICK TOCK MOTHERFUCKERS!
@DailyDish

NEDA RIP

Note most videos & pics showing the people are shot in the neck and chest area, they have order to kill not to deter/disperse #Iranelection less than 10 seconds ago from web

Twitter on the Barricades in Iran: Six Lessons Learned@NYTimes

Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#29)

"Her name was ندا (#Neda), which means voice or call in Farsi. She is the voice of the people, a call to freedom - RIP."

STOP that nonsense now, embassies are blocked by basijs #iranelection less than 10 seconds ago from web

YOUNG WOMEN WHOSE DEATH WAS CAPTURED ON FILM NAMED NEDA (UNCONFIRMED) RIP
Thanx Fifi

REMOVE all STREET SIGNS, so shipped-in forces will lose orientation #iranelection #neda RT RT RT less than 10 seconds ago from web
Clever!

Up and running...

PHOTOGRAPHS

Who are the basijis?

تهران امروز ۳۰ خرداد خشونت دولتی، شعار مرگ بر دیکتاتور تجمع

هلیکپوتر دولت مردم هو می کشند

Downtime/

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A few words before I knock this on the head for a couple of hours (the bags of my eyes are needing bags!)
There are a number of things that I haven't mentioned here yet and the first is how young some of the basijis appear to be from accounts.
No more than 15 or 16 and absolutely ruthless as you would imagine when you get powerful weapons to play around with at that age.
Toys for boys indeed!
There are reports that they would lash out at anyone (male or female) who got in their way.

Which brings me to the video of the young girl dying that I chose NOT to post here.
It was shown by CNN but it was so pixilated that it was rendered meaningless.
If the film of her last seconds changes public opinion in Iran then she will not have died in vain.

If anyone does come across anything that they think I would be interested in then please email me at
monastreet @ gmail dot com

I have been doing this blog completely by myself and yet have constantly over the last 4 days or so found images or stories sometimes hours before they turn up on some of the major player's sites and I have given The Huffington Post two exclusives in the last 36 hours, the first being the English translation of Khamenei's speech and then last night one of the first pictures from Tehran as the troubles started.
I obviously would like to thank Nico for linking back here on both of those occasions because there were a LOT of people following me as I posted those and the later stories...

But now I need to sleep for a couple of hours and recharge my batteries.

If you are interested in keeping up to date with what is happening then do keep an eye on the sites I mentioned a couple of posts previous to this.

We are proving that the mainstream media is absolutely redundant!

Back soon.

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TehranBureau, which has been a useful source of reliable information, posts these unverified numbers: "Fatemiyeh Hospital Tehran: 30-40 dead as of 11pm; 200 injured. Police taking names of incoming injured."
@HuffPo

Update | 2:19 p.m. The video of a young woman who was reportedly killed in Tehran today has been uploaded to many Web sites and Facebook pages this afternoon. One of our readers comments:

Make special note of that unarmed innocent Girl shot and bleeding from her mouth, nose, eyes, ears…..hundreds of copies just went up on Youtube.

The tide of the ‘79 revolution was turned overnight by a similar front-page photo of a Soldier at point blank range shooting an un-armed protester.

Update | 1:45 p.m. CNN has aired a very graphic and disturbing video clip which was uploaded to YouTube and Facebook on Saturday, showing a young woman who has been shot, bleeding profusely. On both Facebook and YouTube, the horrific video comes with this explanation, written by someone who says that he was present when this video was shot and describes what it shows:

Basij shots to death a young woman in Tehran’s Saturday June 20th protests At 19:05 June 20th Place: Karekar Ave., at the corner crossing Khosravi St. and Salehi st. A young woman who was standing aside with her father watching the protests was shot by a basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house. He had clear shot at the girl and could not miss her. However, he aimed straight her heart. I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to save her. But the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet had blasted inside the victim’s chest, and she died in less than 2 minutes. The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Please let the world know.

Again, we have no way of knowing when or where the video was shot, or if this reader’s account is accurate, due to the intense restrictions on first-hand reporting imposed on the press inside Iran.

@TheLede

SEE YOU DIDN'T NEED ME TO UPLOAD IT AS YOU WILL ALL GET TO SEE IT!

IF IT IS THE CHANGING POINT FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING THEN SHE WILL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN!