Latest posts by Fred Petrossian from June, 2009
Iran: Khamenei on the election
Change for Iran tweeted that Iranian Leader, Ali Khamanei today said “people should not go to streets killing Innocent basij & police troops, it will have a bad outcome if it continues.” and “defeated candidates should accept the outcome of election and by calling people in streets, they help ennemies.”
Iran: FaceBook in Persian
Cyrus Farviar reports Facebook is about to launch its Persian-language version of the social networking software.
Iran: Google translates Persian
Several bloggers welcome this news that Iranians can now translate, in Google Translate, any text from Persian into English and from English into Persian — whether it's a news story, a website, a blog, an email, a tweet or a Facebook message.
Iran: Green Silent Protest Movement in photos
Protesters all over Iran continue their demonstrations against the June 12 presidential election result that declared Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner. Supporters of Ahmadinejad's challenger, Mir Hussein Mousavi, and many Iranians who profess to believe in “change” continue to use the colour green as the symbol of their movement. Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi,...
Iran: The Power of Allaho Akbar
Jadi tweeted that this night the power of Allaho Akbar [God is Great] and Down With Dictator is at least tripled! At night people shout Allaho-Akbar from their rooftops to protest against Iranian presidential election's result.
Iran: CNN website filtered
IranRiggedElect tweeted that CNN website was filtered in Iran.
Iran:'Some posters and slogans’
Nikooonnevesht has published several posters in English for Friday's protest demonstration.
Iran: Electronic Sit-in In Solidarity with Iranians
An electronic Sit-in solidarity action was launched to support the large numbers of Iranian people who have been taking to the streets since June 13, 2009 to claim their right to free and fair elections.
Iran:Repression in Urumiye
In You Tube we can watch the Iranian police repressed a protester in Urumiye in Western Azarbaijan province. As protests against Iranian presidential election‘s reults grow, security forces repress more and more protesters around country.
Iran: Wearing Black
Persain Kiwi tweeted that today “Sea of Green [the protest movement's colour] will wear black in respect of those who have been killed by the Iranian government.”
Iran: Mass media propaganda against internet sites
Change for Iran twittered that “the Iranian government is now running a mass media propaganda about US & Israel joint force working in some Internet sites against Iran.” Change for Iran did not mention the names of these sites.
Iran: 22 Political activists arrested
Kawdess tweeted that 22 political activists were arrested in Ahwaz,in the south of Iran.
Iran: State-run media try to demonize protesters
Hadi Nili twittered that the Iranian state-run media are still trying to demonize protesters and label them as “hooligan”s,”murderer”s, and western-allies.
Iran:'Football players support protest movement’
IranRiggedelect twittered that BBC reported that ‘six members of the Iranian football team have used a televised match to protest about the presidential election result. They were wearing green wristbands, thought to be a symbol of their support for the opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi’.
Iran: Islamist bloggers react to protest movement
As protests grow in Iran against the June 12 presidential election results that declare Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner, some Islamist bloggers explain why they believe his opponent Mir Hussein Mousavi lost. While international media is awash with news about how Mousavi supporters are using the internet to make their views known, several bloggers are using the same tools to make a case against the opposition candidate.
Iran: Revolutionary Guard cautions bloggers
According to Guardian, Iran's Revolutionary Guard said through the state news service that Iranian websites and bloggers must remove any materials that “create tension”, or else they would face legal action.
lran: Tohidloo, reformist blogger arrested
Somayeh Tohidloo, a female reformist blogger was arrested. As protest against Iranian presidential election grows, Iranian authorities arrested several political activists. recently she and a couple of bloggers organized an internet interview with former president,Mohammad Khatami.
Iran: More citizen video from protests
More than 100,000 people marched in Tehran on Monday in support of reformist presidential candidate, Mir Hussein Mousavi and his demands for an annulment of the election results that declared incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of the election on June 12. The march ended in bloodshed. At least 7 people lost their lives.
Iran: Flowers for security forces
Persian Kiwi twittered that Mir Hussein Mousavi, Iranian opposition leader, asked his supporters to demonstrate in Haft Tir Square in Tehran and offer flowers to Basijis, a governmental paramilitary force.
Iran: Abtahi, a leading blogger was arrested
Mohammad Ali Abtahi, cleric,former vice president and blogger, was arrested today. He participated in a protest movement against presidential election's results yesterday.
Iran: Protests and Repression
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians in Tehran and several other cities have rallied to support presidential candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi defying a government ban on demonstrations. Although Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are currently blocked in Iran, many Iranians have been using proxies to bypass filters and report up-to-the-minute news. Iranian authorities have also blocked SMS text messages, and are also filtering several news websites reflecting reformist opinions.