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[7 Dec 2009 | One Comment | ]
Freedom Protests Breakout in Iran

Freedom demonstrations have broken out in Iran. Once again, thousands of brave Iranian people are rising up against the largest state sponsor of terrorism, the Iranian regime. Reportedly, the anti-regime protestors are chanting “Death to Khamenei, ” referring to Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“This feels like 1979 in reverse, the students are leading the battle and the regime of the IRI will fall” was one of the litany of descriptions coming via Twitter, one of the few resources for Iranians to use to tell the world what …

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[29 Sep 2009 | Comments Off | ]

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Shirin Ebadi ‘Barriers to the Advancement of Human Rights in the World and in #Iran’. End of lecture. about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck
Shirin Ebadi: “Victory is not far away. Let’s hope for that day.”
Shirin Ebadi: Crime if anyone believes in something other than what govmnt says is right.
Shirin Ebadi is now explaining the expression “Velvet Coupe”.
Shirin Ebadi: AN announced if Shahpour Bakhtiar’s killer will B released, they release the French girl in
Shirin Ebadi: About 100 people …

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[24 Jul 2009 | Comments Off | ]

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Global Day of Action for Iran this Saturday. Info: http://bit.ly/mI4XQ &
about 4 hours ago from TweetDeck
Lisboa Unidos pelo Irão, Dia de Acção Global, 25 Julho Sábado, 17h- 19 Largo Camões hhttp://bit.ly/siLrB
BOSTON, MA, USA. 4:00pm at Copley Square. Global day of action for Iran July 25
CNN video of recent plane crash in Mashad, Iran:
Plane Accident in Iran Kills at Least 30 [NY times] http://bit.ly/3jgRZB
Ahmadinejad urged to dump deputy choice http://bit.ly/MLl57
Iran you haven’t seen: Iranian youths break …

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[11 Jul 2009 | Comments Off | ]

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The more you beat, the more we tweet The more arrests, the more protests!
Sohrab Aarabi, 19: Killed in Evin prison
IR gvmt arrests people travelling to Iran, take passports, FB used to ID protesters
Injured body parts forced 2 contact hot asphalt by guards as revenge 4 “not having slept for weeks”

Military guy smashed a teenagers head in2 a wall, a 14y-o arrested 4 spraying green slogan on wall
Lower grade soldiers beating prisoners but heavy beating by plainclothes, sum …

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[10 Jul 2009 | Comments Off | ]

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@perry1949 tehran on the first huge rally of 1 million I think. Why is it strange that they should protect women?
RT @lotfan: Next Rally: End of the 40-day mourning period for #Neda, lets so show them this is just a start
RT @snowgoli: RT @mousavi1388 Photos from yesterday’s Tehran protests: www.flickr.com/mousavi1388
if u look video of all Sea of Green protest can see ppl of all classes, all backgrounds and ethnic origins
reports woman saying basij wr beating them & group strange men came & …

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[9 Jul 2009 | Comments Off | ]

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RT @sibsee: @oxfordgirl support green mvmnt in #iran .rally today in boston, copley sq. Dartmouth st side of bstn pub library. 6-9! 1 minute ago from TweetDeck

RT @jimsciuttoABC Protesters R getting their #’s up. 100s, poss1000s gathered at Tehran Univ & Vali Asr Sq. Demo’s growing
RT @StopAhmadi More videos coming.18 Tir, Tehran http://bit.ly/1Nngvx #iranelection Fantastic, this will nevr stop Inshallah
Something changed among the Basij today, many reports that they didn’t want to fight and they ran
RT @Iransrebels: i could see on …

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[23 Jun 2009 | Comments Off | ]
Day 10: Iran Uprising on Twitter: “They have turned this<br /> place into a killing field.”

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just published a chilling dispatch from where the gathering was supposed to be at 7 Tir Sq: http://tehranbureau.com/ira…
Pls set your Twitter accounts to Tehran time to stop the IR auth from tracking the kids who use it. Please ask your friends too. Thank you!
dispatch from iran: no protests [today] … streets dead … no one dares mess with sepah [IRGC] http://tehranbureau.com/ira…
pls be careful and keep your cameras at home — or well-hidden … ! [end quote]
A note from Tehran: police/basij pulling cars over to …

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[20 Jun 2009 | Comments Off | ]

Excerpts from Revolutionary Road, 25-year old blogger in Iran. Information should be taken provisionally until confirmed.
3:50pm
CRUCIAL Demonstration on today 16:00 in Tehran and all around the world. IT IS STILL ON ,PEOPLE ARE IN ENQELAB sq!
3:55pm
political and students activists: we will resist at the risk of imprisonment, Will go to Enghelab Sq today for sure
3:58pm
horrible news from Enqelab st. its full of special forces…
4:00
Mobiles in the Enghelab area have been cut off
4:05
enghelab sq and the streets are filled with police and plain clothes with batons in hands
4:10
Protest starts NOW
4:15
“large …