Two new ones from the tireless Iranian dissenter worth highlighting. First:
Hospital sources – at least 1000 people injured so far by Gov in the streets against Sea of Green
confirmed source – All major cities in Iran now reporting saound of Allah Akbar – Death to the
The Huffington Post’s unstoppable Nico Pitney culls together some of the tweets that @PersianKiwi sent out on Mir Hussein Moussavi’s address to today’s huge demonstration in Tehran. Not really sure why Nico doesn’t Cite @PersianKiwi specifically, but whatever. Here’s what a liveblogged Moussavi reads like:
· I have
@PersianKiwi, the world’s most vital journalist — Mike Crowley should stop hating – tweets about today’s big Tehran demonstration:
Everybody is peaceful and quiet – everybody is wearing black – the number of people is unbelievable – SEA OF GREEN
S/he says s/he’s going to report back More…
From @PersianKiwi just now, a terrifying escalation in the Iranian regime’s efforts to suppress the protests:
Baseej shooting in Azadi sq – army standing by and watching for now. #Iranelection
PersianKiwi adds that the shooting was an “unprovoked attack” and s/he sees “first hand” at least one person dead.
The Iranian regime is able to shut down access to e-mail (by limiting bandwidth), SMS and Facebook. Lots of protesters and would-be protesters are unable to make phone calls or otherwise communicate with each other, thereby limiting the ability of the opposition movement to gather strength. But the regime is More…
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