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Jun 15 2009
Tweets from the front: ‘Iran is on fire’
The revolution may not be televised, but it will be Twittered.
Right now, people in Iran are fighting and dying for their freedom:
IRAN is on fire! ppl are fighting in ALL CITIES for their VOTE and against the DICTATORSHIP! #iranelection,RT pls
# sources from Tehran: ppl are killed, ppl are in blood, tehran is hell. #iranelection #cnnfail15 minutes ago from web
“sadatabad, tehran. violent street battles between Basij and people. cars on fire.” @iran09 #Iranelection
RT @StopAhmadi It’s getting rough in Rasht tonight. Armed forces waiting for ppl to make their move to beat them #IranElection
There is fight in Shiraz between people and police in Mollasadra, Sinama Sadi and other down town streets. #iranelection
Hospitals around Tehran surrounded by secret police who refuse to let people with injuries get through, humanity at its worst #iranelection
It is near morning there now, and the regime appears to have spent last night, among other things, attacking university dorms in Tehran and elsewhere:
all university’s own security and personnel already evacuated by police, there are only us students in here right now. #iranelection
@mohamadreza: they push ppl & students into the dorms then throw tear gas, sometimes attacking them with anything they have
@IranRiggedElect sources: “tear gas in the dorm. It’s un-uniformed police and riot guards. at least 100 students arrested.”#iranelectionabout 2 hours ago from web
to other sources: this isn’t the police! police is still outside! we’re under attack by Ansar-Hezbolah. #iranelection
@Change_for_Iran:typing as fastest as I can in bth English&Farsi,Still we need outside help,I really don’t want to be captured by Ansar
@Change_for_Iran: some students with urgent need of medical attention calling out to all ppl who can help don’t leave us #iranelection
They attacked protestors students in Guilan university. Blood and violence here… #IranElection
unconfirm: Shooting @ Tehran Univ. Dorm. Militia has attacked the student like 8 years ago
Friend: 17 y/o killed infront of me couldn’t get to him in time guards beating us up went to hospital but he stopped moving #iranelection
Students:”50 of our friends are in jail now. We were beaten. We expect Mousavi to stand up to this,we support him” #iranelection
The students and others are fighting back:
eyewitness: It’s 3am in Iran and ppl are still fighting on the streets. #iranelection #cnnfail
Guards are Shootings in Tehran and Police car being attack by protesters …
is there any end to police’s motorcycles?! how much more we should burn?! #iranelection
@iran09 best way to #counter-attack the riders: carry some MOTOR OIL! http://tinyurl.com/nz43zg #iranelection
@Ghattavi students hold two militias as hostage, loads of motor oil is spread on the streets [to make bikers slip]
Hackers toolkit for taking down Iranian propaganda websites. VERY EASY TO USE: http://sharebee.com/31922799 #iranelection
wwowowowowo!!!!! IRIB.ir id down!!!! #iranelection #WeWin #cyberattack
Mousavi has called for a demonstration tomorrow @ 4:00 pm (7:30 am EST) followed by a general strike on Tuesday. The regime says the demonstration is illegal and there are reports of Revolutionary Guard tanks moving into the capital. No one doubts what is at stake:
4pm all across IRAN RT @persiankiwi tomorrow we march. Will biggest in world history. 10 mill march tomorrow.@flashpolitique we are moving either toward a north korean style dictatorship or a more open and democratic society
black joke:”George Orwell has requested to change his book’s name from 1984 to 1388.”(it’s year 1388 in iran. calendar) #iranelection
Stay tuned….
Jun 13 2009
You guys need to see this
Youtube’s limited run of the film ‘Home’ is ending this weekend.
Do yourself a favor and take the time to watch (preferably full screen).
Your understanding of our world, and our place in it, will never be the same.
Update: if you are having trouble viewing the embedded video, go here (h/t Lady Libertine).