Latest posts by Fred Petrossian from June, 2009
Iran:Several State-run sites were attacked
Iranian cyber activists used ‘Denial-of-service attack’ method to bring down several State-run sites such Irna and Press TV. Iranian government has filtered several sites recently as protest grows over Iranian presidential election.
Iran: Protest continues
GreenVote twittered [fa] that Mir Hussein Mousavi called his supporters to demonstrate in the streets of Tehran and other cities on Monday. Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi, two reformist candidates, claim ballot fraud in Friday's presidential election.
Iran: A cartoon on Iranian election
Nikahang Kosar , Iranian leading cartoonist and blogger, published a cartoon on Iranian election and Ahmadinejad's victory.
Iran: Face Book and You Tube were filtered
Several news sites and blogs such as blogger 6819 reports [fa] that Face Book, You Tube and several Iranian news sites got filtered. Iranians used Face Book and You Tube to publish several films and photos about protest demonstration in Iran.
Iran: Storm of protest after election
Thousands of people demonstrated in Tehran, Mashhad and several other major cities in Iran to protest against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's proclaimed victory in the Iranian presidential election on Friday. Two different reformist rivals and their supporters insist there was election fraud at play.
Iran: Several reformist sites got filtered
Several reformist news sites such as Norouznews were filtered today. At the same time international media reports a huge turn out in Iranian presidential election where a reformist candidate, Mir Hussein Mousavi, is considered President Ahmadinejad's main challenger.
Iran: SMS is blocked
Several news site and blogs such as 3vomiband209 report [fa] that a few hours before Iranian presidential election SMS is blocked in country and several political blogs are not available.
Iran: Woman activist call for unity
On the eve of the presidential election, Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani urges the country's social movements to unite now, while the world is watching.
Mapping Iran’s Blogosphere on Election Eve
John Kelly and Bruce Etling share their study about Iran's blogosphere and election on the internet and democracy blog. Internet and democracy is the team blog for the internet and democracy project in Berkman Center for Internet & Society in Harvard. Based on our monitoring of the Iranian blogosphere on...
Iran:An American thanks Iranians to vote
Tori from View from Iran blog expalins ‘why she, an American Jew, is so passionate about election in iran.’
Iran: Two internet TVs were filtered
Two Iranian presidential candidates,Mohsen Rezaee and Mir Hussein Mousavi, claim[fa] their internet TV was filtered 48 hours before presidential election.
Iran: To Vote or not to Vote
One of the main topics during any Iranian presidential election is ‘to vote or not to vote'. In other words whether to take part in the election or boycott it. Although several opposition groups have called for boycotting the coming June 12 presidential election, it seems the weight of boycotting groups is much less than four years ago.
Iran: ‘All copies of a journal were collected’
Golamhussein Karbaschi, a leading reformist campaigner in Iran's presidential election, twittered [fa] that all copies of Ettemad Meli, a reformist journal, were collected by the authorities because Mehdi Karoubi, a reformist candidate,accused President Ahmadinejad of being involved in financial scandals.
Iran: Ali Kalai, a blogger in jail
Ghomar Asheghaneh informs [fa] us that Ali Kalai, an Iranian blogger, has been in jail for one month in Tehran. He had already been jailed for the first time a few months ago for participating in a peaceful demonstration.
Iran:Ahmadinejad's blog was hacked
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's blog was hacked by one of Mir Hussein Mousavi's supporters. The hacker has published several ‘my vote is Mousavi’ slogan on Ahmadinejad's blog. Iranian Presidential election will be held on Friday and Mousavi is considered as Ahmadinejad's main challenger.
Iranian Election in Photos
The Iranian presidential election will be held on June 12. Only four men, out of more than 400 self-registered men and women, were given official approval by the Guardian Council for the candidacy. The sharp eyes of blogger-photographers have captured moments and scenes in the streets of Iran where people promote their favorite candidates.
Iran: Bloggers react to fiery presidential debate
Two Iranian presidential candidates, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and former Prime Minister Mir Hussein Mousavi, clashed during a fiery debate broadcast to a national television audience on Wednesday evening. Ahmadinejad charged that Mousavi is being supported by “corrupt” political personalities such as former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Mousavi countered that Ahmadinejad's ways have hurt Iran's image across the globe and could be a prelude to a dictatorship.
Iran:Interactive blogosphere
Harvard's Berkman Center's Internet and Democracy Project presents an interactive Iranian blogoshere map.
Iran:Nieman Foundation Reports on Election
Several journalists write in Nieman Reports about the challenges they and bloggers confront in gathering and distributing news and information about Iran and its people.
Iran:Presidential election debates
Amin Sabeti, Iran based blogger, reports on Friend Feed about Iranian presidential election debates minute by minute.
Iran: Bloggers react to mosque bombing
An explosion occurred on Thursday, at the Ali Ibn-Abitaleb mosque, the second largest Shiite mosque in Zahedan in Iran. At least 25 people were killed. Three men accused of being involved in the mosque bombing were hanged on Saturday morning.
