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Another Iran video
doubleplusundead —
Another Iran video Again, not purported to be but not verified that it is currently from Iran. The vid claims that the Basiji are shooting at civilians. Basiji are Iranian volunteer paramilitary that are subordinate to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. In other words, they're a civilian corps. Update: another vid, purportedly of nighttime home raids. Posted by: Alice H ...
On The Front Lines Against The Basij
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
They're shooting directly at civilians, but the civilians are undeterred. Have we ever been able to watch a revolution like this in real time? Has any mainstream media ever been able to broadcast scenes like this? Now that everyone is a broadcaster, revolutions will always be televised (or, broadcast anyway, since much of cable news is uninterested): ...
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 17)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
This is the archive of my Iran election live-blogging from Sunday, June 14. For the latest updates, click here.
3:16 PM ET -- Silence. The best video from today's march yet, via reader Alex:
3:14 PM ET -- The "recount" kicks off. "The Fars news agency also reported that the partial recount of votes ordered Tuesday by the Guardian Council, the 12-member body of jurists which supervises elections and holds veto power over legislation in Iran, had begun. A recount of votes in Kermanshah, a Kurdish province, showed that 'there has ...
Tehran in Turmoil
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
Iran was in chaos Saturday as anti-government protesters defied a ban and rallied in major cities, including Shiraz and Tehran, the capital. Security forces struck back hard at the rallies, dispersing crowds with tear gas, water cannons, and bullets. The New York Times' Lede blog, which has had excellent coverage of the rallies all day, reports that opposition leader and defeated presidential candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi spoke to the crowds and told them he was "ready for martyrdom," calling for a national strike if he is arrested.
As Nick predicted this morning, the mounting violence has forced President Barack Obama to go further ...
The Iranian Uprising and Its Cold War Precursors
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
As demonstrators continue to protest what was clearly a rigged election, police are responding with ”water cannon, batons, tear gas and live rounds,” according to the BBC today. For those who want to follow what’s going on in Tehran’s streets, I’m listing some sources for breaking news and ongoing updates. With the government trying to effect a news blackout, this is first-hand reporting on the fly–and at considerable risk to those providing it.
Tehran Bureau, which describes itself as “an independent online magazine about Iran and the Iranian diaspora,” is running this ...
VIDEO: Ahmadinejad regime prepares fraudulent ballots before Iran election
The Political Carnival —
By GottaLaff Via Mother Jones: David Corn relays this report from a "reliable witness" inside Iran: ...HAS HIT THE FAN...TOHID SQUARE ON FIRE, PEOPLE ARE CHANTING, ALL ALONG SATTER KHAN STREET CHAOS, THEN SUDDENLY QUIET, PEOPLE EATING ICE CREAM, ETC., THEN MORE CHAOS, ROCKS, FIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREETS, CHANTS CHANTS CHANTS AND IT IS NOT YET NIGHT...TEHRAN IS ON FIRE TONIGHT... [...] There are also clandestine videos being released on YouTube and elsewhere, most of them shot on cell phones, showing the ...
