Sunday, 21 June 2009

Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#33)

OK! NICO@ HuffPo is back online as is TheLede with the DailyDish to follow.
I fuct up a bit in my time diff between them and where I am in downtown teh'ran before. For that my apologies.
Anyway I will put up a list now of places for people who want to keep checking things out: (see above)

I am now going to wind down as I am extremely tired!
( I seem to remember saying this yesterday too!)
I hope that the info I gave today was not disinfo, I can never be 100% certain, bearing in mind that I am doing this ALL by myself on a computer made out of coffee tins & string!

For the people that have been following me for the past 24 hours or so I hope that you will return...tomorrow/later.

In the meantime keep an eye @ the links above:

MORE VIDEO FROM YESTERDAY


Exile On Moan Street: محمد رضا شجريان

محمد رضا شجريان. In response to Ahmadinejad's earlier speech calling the
supporters of Mousavi “brushwood and thorns,” Iran's most famous classical
musician ...
http://exileonmoanstreet.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post_18.h... - 181k - Similar pages




Protesters gathering near Baharstan SQ, Central Tehran NOW


Check the BBC or CNN sites before passing on false information. This isn't a game. Peoples lives are at stake. #iranelection
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FUCKING GOOD ADVICE!!!


"DO NOT BE AFRAID, WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER - DEATH TO THE DICTATOR!"
June 21, 2009



THE PHOTOJOURNALIST WHO TOOK THESE FOR 'LIFE' IS MISSING!
NO Name given!


FIGHTBACK

RT @iranbaan: هلی کوپتر های نظامی بر فراز شهر تهران همچنان در حال پرواز هستند helicopters still flying over Tehran #IranElection
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REALLY IMPORTANT!

CAN ANYONE TRANsLATE THIS PAGE
USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE
FARSI TO ENGLISH
EMAIL ME RESULT @
monastreet @ gmail.com
THANX

Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#32)

Email from Iran 4


A nationwide strike could be staged for Tuesday, June 23. More reports on this later. #Iranelection
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Actually yesterday but just uploaded I think. I certainly haven't seen it before.

An eerie sense of deja-vu, the calm before the storm...
The eyes of the world (at least those that matter and that is us) are watching you.
Nothing can be hidden.
BROTHERS & SISTERS OF IRAN THIS IS YOUR KISMET...

HELP

Am I missing something really big?
If you want to help
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If anyone sees things that I am missing please email to
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Reuters: Iranian dissident grand Ayatollah Montazeri calls 3 days of mourning for killed protesters #IranElection #tcot
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JohnSimpson @BBC

Tehran: mobiles down now in Enghelab antenna region #iranelection #gr88 less than 10 seconds ago from web
Article @ Foreign Affairs on the Iranian election crisis titled “Clerical Error.”

Summary: “No matter who emerges victorious in Iran’s current struggle for political power, the future of the Islamic Republic will look nothing like the country the world has known for the last 30 years.”



KHATAMI - today - The Law of the Constitution must be respected - The people must decide #iranelection #tehran less than 10 seconds ago from web

KHATAMI - today - beating suppressing and arresting of our people will make the situation worse for the Gov - it must stop - #Iranelection

Daughter of former Iranian president arrested

Link: MOUSAVI"S 5th Statement (In English too)

RT "When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right." - Victor Hugo #IranElection #gr88

HERE
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیمان الله يامركم ان تؤدوا الامانات الي اهلها و اذا حكمتم بين الناس ان تحكموا بالعدل

مردم شريف و هوشمند ايران

این روزها و شب‌ها نقطه عطفی در تاریخ ملت ما در حال شکل گرفتن است. مردم از یکدیگر و درمیان جمعشان از اینجانب سوال می‌کنند که چه باید کرد و به چه سو باید رفت. بر عهده خویشتن می‌بینم که آنچه را باور دارم با شما در میان بگذارم، با شما بگویم و از شما بیاموزم، باشد كه رسالت تاریخی‌مان را از یاد نبریم و شانه از بار مسئولیتی که سرنوشت نسل‌ها و عصرها بر دوش ما گذاشته است خالی نکنیم.

سی سال پیش از این در کشورما انقلابی به نام اسلام به پیروزی رسید؛ انقلابی براي آزادی، انقلابی براي احياي کرامت انسان‌ها، انقلابی براي راستی و درستي. در اين مدت و به خصوص در زمان حیات امام روشن ضمير ما سرمایه‌های عظیمی از جان و مال و آبرو در پای تحکیم این بنای مبارک گذارده شد و دست‌آوردهای ارزشمندي حاصل آمد. نورانیتی که تا پیش از آن تجربه نکرده بودیم جامعه ما را فراگرفت و مردم ما به حیاتی نو رسيدند که به‌رغم سخت‌ترین شداید برایشان شیرین بود. آنچه مردم به دست آورده بودند کرامت و آزادی و طليعه‌هايي از حیات طیبه بود. اطمينان دارم کسانی که آن روزها را ديده‌اند به چيزي كمتر از آن راضي نمي‌شوند.

آیا ما مردم شایستگی‌هایی را از دست داده بودیم که دیگر آن فضای روح انگیز را تجربه نمی‌كردیم؟ من آمده بودم بگویم چنین نیست؛ هنوز دیر نیست و هنوز راهمان تا آن فضای نورانی دور نیست. آمده بودم تا نشان دهم می‌توان معنوی زندگی کرد و در عین حال در امروز زیست. آمده بودم تا هشدارهای اماممان را درباره تحجر بازگو کنم. آمده بودم تا بگویم گریز از قانون به استبداد می‌انجامد؛ تا به ياد آورم كه اعتنا به کرامت انسان‌ها پايه‌هاي نظام را تضعيف نمي‌كند، بلكه استحكام مي‌بخشد. آمده بودم تا بگویم مردم از خدمتگزارانشان راستی و درستي می‌خواهند و بسیاری از گرفتاري‌هاي ما از دروغ برخاسته است. آمده بودم تا بگویم عقب‌ماندگي، فقر، فساد و بي‌عدالتي سرنوشت ما نیست. آمده بودم تا بار ديگر به انقلاب اسلامی آن گونه که بود و جمهوری اسلامی آن گونه که باید باشد، دعوت كنم.

من در این دعوت بلیغ نبودم، ولی پیام اصیل انقلاب حتی از بیان نارسای من آنچنان دلنشین بود که نسل جوان را، نسلی که آن روزگاران را ندیده بود و میان خود و این میراث بزرگ احساس فاصله می‌کرد، به هیجان آورد و صحنه‌هایی را که تنها در ایام نهضت و دفاع مقدس دیده بودیم بازسازی کرد. حرکت خودجوش مردم رنگ سبز را به عنوان نماد خویش برگزيد. اینجانب اعتراف می‌کنم که در این امر پیرو آنان بودم. و نسلی که به دوری از مبانی دینی متهم می‌شد در شعارهای خود به تکبیر رسید و به «نصر من الله و فتح قريب» و «یاحسین» و نام خمینی تکیه کرد تا ثابت کند این شجره طیبه هرگاه که به بار می‌نشيند میوه‌هایش شبیه به هم است. این شعارها را کسی جز آموزگار فطرت به آنان نیاموخته بود. چقدر بی‌انصافند کسانی که منافع كوچكشان آنها را وا می دارد تا این معجزه انقلاب اسلامی را ‌ساخته و پرداخته بيگانگان و «انقلاب مخملين» بنامند.

اما آن چنان که می‌دانید همگی ما در راه این تجديد حيات ملي و تحقق آرمان‌هایی که در دل و جان پیر و جوان ما ریشه دارند با دروغ وتقلب روبرو شدیم و آن چيزي كه از عواقب قانون‌گريزي پيش‌بيني كرده بوديم به صريح‌ترين شكل ممكن و در نزديك‌ترين زمان تحقق يافت.

استقبال عظيم از انتخابات اخير در درجه نخست مرهون تلاش‌هايي بود كه براي ايجاد اميد و اعتماد در مردم صورت گرفت تا براي بحران‌هاي مديريتي موجود و نارضايتي‌هاي گسترده‌اجتماعي، كه انباشت‌شان مي‌تواند كيان انقلاب و نظام را نشانه برود، پاسخي شايسته فراهم شود. اگر اين حسن‌ظن و اعتماد مردم از طريق صيانت از آراي آنها پاسخ داده نشود و يا آنها نتوانند براي دفاع از حقوقشان به نحوي مدني و آرام واكنش نشان دهند مسيرهاي خطرناكي در پيش خواهد بود كه مسئوليت قرار گرفتن در آنها بر عهده كساني است كه رفتارهاي مسالمت‌آميز را تحمل نمي‌كنند.

اگر حجم عظيم تقلب و جابه‌جايي آرا، كه آتش به خرمن اعتماد مردم زده است، خود دليل و شاهد فقدان تقلب معرفي شود، جمهوريت نظام به مسلخ كشيده خواهد شد و عملا ايده ناسازگاري اسلام و جمهوريت به اثبات مي‌رسد. اين سرنوشت دو گروه را خوشحال خواهد كرد؛ يك دسته آنان كه از ابتداي انقلاب در مقابل امام صف‌آرايي كردند و حكومت اسلامي را همان استبداد صالحان ‌دانستند و به گمان باطل خود مي‌خواهند مردم را به زور به بهشت ببرند و دسته ديگر كه با ادعاي دفاع از حقوق مردم اساسا ديانت و اسلام را مانع تحقق جمهوريت مي‌دانند. هنر شگرف امام باطل كردن سحر اين دوگانه‌‌انگاري‌ها بود. من آمده بودم تا با تكيه بر راه امام تلاش ساحراني را كه دوباره جان گرفته‌اند خنثي كنم.

اكنون مقامات كشور با صحه گذاشتن بر آنچه در انتخابات گذشت مسئوليت آن را پذيرفته‌اند و برای نتایج هرگونه تحقیق و رسیدگی بعدی حد تعیین کرده‌اند، به صورتی که اين رسيدگي‌ها موجب ابطال انتخابات نشود و نتایج آن را تغییر ندهد، حتی اگر در بيش از 170 حوزه انتخاباتي تعداد آراي به صندوق ريخته شده بيشتر از تعداد واجدين شرايط باشد. از ما خواسته مي‌شود كه در اين شرايط شكايت خود را از طريق شوراي نگهبان پيگيري كنيم، حال آن كه اين شورا در عملكرد خود چه قبل، چه حين و چه بعد از انتخابات عدم بي‌طرفي خود را به اثبات رسانده است و نخستين اصل در هر داوري رعايت بي‌طرفي است.

اينجانب همچنان قويا اعتقاد دارم درخواست ابطال انتخابات و تجديد آن حقي مسلم است كه بايد به صورتي بي‌طرفانه از طريق يك هيئت مورد اعتماد ملي مورد بررسي قرار گيرد، نه آن كه پيشاپيش امكان ثمربخش بودن آن منتفي اعلام شود، يا با طرح احتمال خونريزي، مردم از هرگونه راهپيمايي و تظاهرات بازداشته ‌شوند، يا شوراي امنيت كشور به جاي پاسخگويي به سوالات مشروع در خصوص نقش لباس‌شخصي‌ها در حمله به افراد و اموال عمومي و ايجاد التهاب در حركت‌هاي مردمي به فرافكني بپردازد و مسئوليت فجايع به وجود آمده را بر عهده ديگران بگذارد.

اينجانب چون به صحنه می‌نگرم آن را پرداخته شده برای اهدافی فراتر از تحمیل یک دولت ناخواسته به ملت، که تحمیل نوع جدیدی از زندگی سیاسی بر کشور می‌بینم. من به عنوان يك همراه که زیبایی‌های موج سبز حضور شما را ديده است هرگز به خود اجازه نخواهم داد بر اثر عمل من جان کسی درمعرض خطر قرار گيرد. در عین حال بر اعتقاد راسخ خويش مبنی بر باطل بودن انتخاباتی که گذشت و استيفاي حقوق مردم پای می فشارم و عليرغم توانايي‌هاي اندكي كه در اختيار دارم براين باورم كه انگيزه و خلاقيت شما مردم همچنان مي‌تواند حقوق مشروع تان را در چهره‌هاي مدني جديد مورد پيگيري قرار دهد و محقق كند. مطمئن باشيد كه اينجانب همواره در كنار شما خواهم ماند. آنچه اين برادر شما در در يافتن اين راه‌حل‌هاي جديد، خصوصا به جوانان عزیز توصيه مي كند اين است که نگذارید دروغگويان و متقلبان پرچم دفاع از نظام اسلامی را از شما بربايند و نا اهلان و نامحرمان، میراث گرانقدر انقلاب اسلامی را که اندوخته از خون پدارن راستگویتان است از شما مصادره کنند. با توكل به خداوند و اميد به آينده و تكيه بر توانمندي‌هايتان حركات اجتماعي خود را پس از اين نيز براساس آزادي‌هاي مصرح در قانون اساسي و اصل امتناع از خشونت پيگيري كنيد. ما در اين راه با بسيجي روبرو نيستيم؛ بسيجي برادر ماست. ما در اين راه با سپاهي روبرو نيستيم؛ سپاهي حافظ انقلاب و نظام ماست. ما با ارتش روبرو نيستيم؛ ارتش حافظ مرزهاي ماست. ما با نظام مقدس خود و ساختارهاي قانوني آن روبرو نيستيم. اين ساختار حافظ استقلال ، آزادي و جمهوري اسلامي ماست. ما با كجروي ها و دروغ گويي ها روبرو هستيم و در پي اصلاح آنيم؛ ا صلاحي با برگشت به اصول ناب انقلاب اسلامي .

ما به دست اندركاران توصيه مي كنيم براي برقراري آرامش در خيابان ها مطابق اصل 27 قانون اساسي امكان تجمع هاي مسالمت آميز را نه تنها فراهم كنند، بلكه چنين گردهم آيي هايي را تشويق كنند وصدا و سيما را از قيد بدگويي ها و يك طرفه عمل كردن ها رها سازند. بگذارند صداها قبل از آن كه به فرياد تبديل شود به صورت استدلال و مجادله احسن در اين رسانه جاري، تصحيح و تعديل گردد. بگذارند جرايد نقد كنند، خبرها را آنچنان كه هست بنويسند و در يك كلام فضايي آزاد براي مردم جهت ابراز موافقت ها و مخالفت هاي خود آماده سازند. بگذاريم آنهايي كه علاقه دارند تكبير بگويند و آن را مخالفت با خود تلقي نكينم. كاملا مشخص است كه در اين صورت احتياجي به حضور نيروهاي نظامي و انتظامي در خيابان ها نخواهد بود و با صحنه هايي كه ديدن آنها و شنيدن خبر آنها دل هر علاقمند به انقلاب و كشور را به درد مي آورد، روبرو نخواهيم بود.

برادر و همراه شما – میرحسین موسوی

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GREEN BRIEF 4

RT Iran: URGENT #IranElection RT PLEASE TANKS CONFIRMED ROLLING IN TEHRAN NOW Read Green Brief Number 4
less than 10 seconds ago from web

Traffic cameras track crowd movemnt. Spray paint the lens! Takes 1 second- quick, safe. #iranelection
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Soviet built tanks are very vulnerable in the rear, especially older models with fuel tanks on the back. Molotovs work well. #Iranelection less than 20 seconds ago from web

SPRAY PAINT CAN ALSO OBLITERATE SIGNS!!!

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


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



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

Who are the basijis?


تهران امروز ۳۰ خرداد خشونت دولتی، شعار مرگ بر دیکتاتور تجمع
هلیکپوتر دولت مردم هو می کشند

Downtime/


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!

List of Embassies accepting injured in Tehran

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THERE IS A VIDEO SHOWING THE LAST DYING SECONDS OF A YOUNG IRANIAN WOMAN THAT IS EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL TO WATCH.
I DECIDED NOT TO POST IT HERE.
CNN HAS APPARENTLY JUST SHOWN IT!
unfuckinbelievable!

Moussavi quoting the Quran abou justice indirectly accusing Khamenei of being unjust #iranelection
less than 10 seconds ago from web

THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING!!!

WARNING EXTREMELY GRAPHIC VIDEO!

(RIP)

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GOOGLE (AUSTRALIA) CHANGES LOGO FOR FIRST DAY OF WINTER!!!
COULD YOU NOT HAVE MADE IT GREEN SNOW?

OLD VS NEW Part 2

While CNN regurgitates stale StateIR facts
Nico @ The Huffington Post and Andrew Sullivan @ The Daily Dish are showing how news should be done

Is there really a role for "ye olde" media anymore?

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But Tianamen Sq did not have Twitter or FB. Information hits much harder than stones or bullets. #iranelection #gr88 less than 5 seconds ago from web


Anonymous Internet surf - bypass blocks. Free select Canada to auto-download http://tinyurl.com/nzxco5 #iranelection #tehran #mousavi #iran


A Bomb has gone off near Hezbollah killing 1 person and injuring many more protestors - #iranelection less than 10 seconds ago from web

#iranelection If you don't have a comment pertaining to the protest please STAY OFF! less than 10 seconds ago from web

Does #IranElection (and communication challenges) prove to people that we need a world language yet? less than 10 seconds ago from Identica

@ EVERYONE!

TWEET FARSI FIRST AID URL @
#iranelection
#gr88

THIS COULD SAVE LIVES!
http://gr88.tumblr.com/

REVOLUTION 2.0 + (Refresh page)

ANYTHING THAT I AM MISSING
EMAIL ME:
monastreet @ gmail dot com
or twitter @exilestreet

RT @freedomgood [unconfirmed] intel services may allow for sms/text service to track protest organizers. BE CAREFUL #iranelection #gr88 less than 10 seconds ago from Power Twitter



REPORT EARLIER THAT BOILING WATER WAS DROPPED ON PROTESTER'S FROM HELICOPTER, IT WOULD APPEAR NOW THAT IT WAS A CHEMICAL AGENT
Thanks Fifi

VIDEO

Warning:
Extremely graphic footage of a young woman shot.

Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#28)

WATCH LIVE HERE

در گیری رودر روی مردم با بسیج و فرار بسیجیان




PHOTOGRAPHS

THANX AMANDA/ WE ARE ALL ONE!


RT From Iran: Eye Wittnes: Bassij burn down Lolagar Mosque at Azarbaijan St. where People hiding from their attack. #iranelection
less than 10 seconds ago from web

RT RT Australian Embassy accepting injured: No 13, 23rd Street, Khalid Islambuli Ave - Telephone+98 21 8872 4456


WTF?

CNNs TJ Holmes says "we're depending on state televisn to keep up with events." CNN has become a tool of the IRan govt.

Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#27)

Protesters in Revolution sq r chanting: Goftim agar taghalob besheh basatetoon jam misheh!! "We told u if u cheat it'll be the end of u"
@HuffPo

reporters are trying to confirm deaths, but the dead and injured are being grabbed by security forces and taken away. #iranelection
less than 10 seconds ago from web

RT Mousavi - declares results of 10th Presidential Election null and void - #Iranelection RT RT RT
less than 10 seconds ago from web

RT flowersophyRT from Iran NOW / mousavi among people: I am ready for death #iranelection less than 10 seconds ago from web

3.55pm:
The police have attempt to portray the protesters as rioters by detailing the damage they have caused, and claimed public backing for a violent crackdown.

Iran's deputy police commander, Ahmad-Reza Radan, said 400 police have been wounded since last Friday's vote.

He claimed 10,000 complaints have been been made, according to state-run Press TV. "They have called on the police to deal with rallies firmly," he said.

"The recent rallies destroyed 700 buildings, burst 300 banks into flame, damaged 300 cars and 300 public properties," Radan added.
@TheGuardian




UNCOMFIRMED REPORTS OF BOILING WATER (?) BEING POURED OVER PROTESTERS BY HELICOPTERS!

An eyewitness in Enghelab square reports around 20,000 riot police, made up of Basiji militiamen and soldiers, and armed with rifles, tear gas and water cannons. The eyewitness saw dozens of people beaten by riot police in an attempt to frighten them into evacuating the square, with one young man being beaten to the ground by four policemen. The protesters were not wearing the green insignia that signifies support for Mousavi, and were not making victory signs or chanting.The eyewitness reports riot police attacking people on passing motorbikes and, on occasion, innocent passersby who have no way of escaping the heavy police presence. Nonetheless, there are thousands of Mousavi supporters, marching peacefully near the square, where rthey have been subjected to these brutal reprisals from the police. Across Tehran, there is widespread fear and panic, with many desperate to know what is going on in Enghelab square, but unable to find out due to reporting restrictions. Now the question seems to be: what will Mousavi do next?
@TheGuardian

Keep yourself informed


Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of

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10.20 am. The state TV is already blaming Mousavi for a suicide terrorist blast at the Khomeini Shrine. So far, we have seen nothing but murderous crassness from the regime. The huge vote-rigging; the extreme sermon; the thousands of police and Basijis on the streets; the deployment of terrorism as a pretext for more government brutality. These people are theo-fascists, and this is now the front line against theo-fascism.
Andrew Sullivan@DailyDish
Isn't it just!

Break

I might take a break at this point for a while and let the 'professionals' do their work.
I am very tired as I have hardly slept in the past 4 days, it only being myself here in the 'Exile' media compound in downtown 'teh'ran'.
Tiredness also means that I could start missing the real stories and just spreading disinformation, and there IS enough of that out there.
I will be keeping an eye on the story as it unfolds and if anyone does find something unique then please email me at monastreet @ gmail dot com

So I don't know how long this break will be, but I will be back fairly soon.
For those who followed me "thanx".

Saturday, 20 June 2009

Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#26)

BBC TV/PERSIAN FOOTAGE OF THE SHOOTING

5 minute footage - first impression seems that they have corralled people in streets and then shooting at them+frightening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UPDATE: Jumped the gun so to speak, looks like that was NOT from today!

9:40 AM ET -- State media claims 2 injured at Khomeini shrine explosion.

NBC's Ann Curry tweets: "Iran state tv claims explosion at tomb of revered Ayatollah Khomeini. Would incite anger against protesters. Is it true? ... Remember Iran govt is the only source of this explosion report. NO independent confirmation and misinformation is dangerous."

A reader, speculating that the government set the bomb, writes, "The mullahs did something similar in August 1978 in Iran - they set a cinema in Abadan ablaze and blamed the Shah. That was the turning point of that revolution as the people bagan to see the Shah as ruthless."

@HuffPo

NICO - YOU ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB!

@ EVERYONE!

TWEET FARSI FIRST AID URL @
#iranelection
#gr88

THIS COULD SAVE LIVES!
http://gr88.tumblr.com/

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Fars news agency says the bomb was detonated at the northern wing of Imam Khomeini's shrine. The bomber was killed. #iranelection less than 10 seconds ago from web

We should try to petition government to get Basij listed as a terrorist organization. #IranElection less than 10 seconds ago from web
I AGREE!

@jimsciuttoABC: #iranelection Tweets report shooting as well and explosion at Khomeini tomb less than 5 seconds ago from TwitterFon

@NEWS LTD> WTF are you coming to my blog for?
I still haven't forgotten Wapping!
Anything you take from here I would like a credit for thanx and that's Ms. Mona Street to you!

2.15pm:

Witnesses: police using tear gas, water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters in Tehran, says a flash on AP.
RT @LaraABC NewsReports of thousands protesting, police using tear gas & water cannons. Hard to.... confirm arrested. #Iranelection less than 10 seconds ago from web


Iran State TV reporting twin blasts in Tehran, relayed by the CNN #Iranelection
less than 10 seconds ago from web

?

9:01 AM ET -- "Rocks and fire." Another reliable Iranian has sent 3 messages in the last 7 minutes:

-- "HARD conflict between the people and the Special Guard. people: down with khamenee"

-- "Heavy clashes on azadi street, chants of death to khameni! The street is full of rocks and fire."

-- "Voice of shooting in Azadi street in Tehran"

For Persian speakers: a live stream of BBC Persia is here.
@HuffPo

The Soup Dragons - I'm Free

Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#25)


IF ANYONE SEES ANYTHING
EMAIL ME
monastreet @ gmail dot com

ANOTHER LINK @ HUFFPO
@FUCOID EMAIL ME


RT About 3000 or 4000 people are in Enqelab square now. Police is there. No Khatami, no Karroubi, no Mousavi #iranelection
less than 20 seconds ago from web

RT@cnnbrkThousands of people attempting to enter Tehran protest site have been blocked by heavily armed police,eyewitness says.#IranElection less than 10 seconds ago from web
The entrance to Tehran's Revolution Square, is blocked by fire engines, according to AP. It also reports that riot police have surrounded Tehran University.

Several unconfirmed tweets claim that protesters have clashed with the police. Some claim the police have used baton

ez01 RT we can see Marksmans in ferdosi square #IranElection less than 10 seconds ago from web



Getting reports of Gov't violence provoking clashes #IranElection #gr88
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RT: They are splitting people. Stick together!!! #iranelection #gr88 less than 20 seconds ago from web


8:28 AM ET -- "Clashes." ABC's Jim Sciutto: "Tweets from inside Iran say rally is on and police clashing with
protesters."

An unconfirmed Tweet from a usually reliable source says Mousavi is walking from his Ettelaat office to the Ministry of Interior and that 10,000 people are with him.

Photos, claimed to be taken today, show several rows of riot police.

The BBC says its witness have seen hundreds of riot police in Enghelab Square.

Al-Jazeera also reports a heavy police presence, but points out that it is difficult to verify because phones are jammed.
@TheGuardian


8:09 AM ET -- Few reports coming in from the demonstration site.
Information is hard to come by right now but multiple reports suggest that security forces are out in droves. From Reuters: "Witnesses said they had seen Basij Islamic militia deploying across Tehran and one resident saw at least three buses full of Basij heading for the capital from the nearby city of Karaj on Saturday, as well as four trucks full of the motorcycles used by Basij militiamen during previous demonstrations. "
@HuffPo

REVOLUTION 2.0

THIS
is allegedly the sort of thing that has been going on this past week that they don't want you to know about!
WARNING:
VERY GRAPHIC!

Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#24)

12.35pm:
The opposition rally should have started now, but it is difficult to get credible information out of Iran. There are unconfirmed reports on Twitter of crowds gathering on the streets. One says: "People going to Enghelab [Square] in large numbers and growing rapidly. Police there but not doing anything."



Just in from Tehran: they're shutting the country down. Contacts are scared. http://bit.ly/OLwVO #iranelection please spread.

RT @farzinfar: This is it! T minus 2 minutes--reports of large crowds coming from all over to Tehran-- #iranelection #tehran (via @twazzup) less than 10 seconds ago from web


The turmoil in Tehran reflects a refusal to accept Ahmadinejad is popular and confusion about how to respond to the US
Seumas Milne@TheGuardian
Thanx Fritz!


POLICE PRESENCE HEAVIEST YET SEEN. WILL CRACKDOWN ON ANY GATHERING. STRENGTH TO THE PROTESTERS #iranelection
less than 10 seconds ago from web


This is all about the position of the Supreme Leader. Any rally, particularly if it is attended by the opposition leaders, would be the most direct challenge to his authority. If it goes ahead and there is a large crowd, that would be a massive challenge to him. If it goes ahead and it is broken up with violent force, that could also damage his position enormously. It is a very tense situation. These are huge political issues at stake, if not even the future of the Islamic Republic.
@BBC

If anyone sees images/words that are interesting send them to:

monastreet @ gmail dot com

11.30am:
Iran's deputy national police commander said that police will arrest all those who attend today's protest, according to al-Jazeera.

11.10am:
Basij militia have been seen in large in Tehran carrying clubs and rifles, according to witnesses cited by AFP (via France24).

@TheGuardian

Even if a ballot is silenced, the voice behind it cannot be.