Iranian Uprising Day Nine., Despite Government Brutality the Courage of the People Persists.....

They are still on the streets, using cars to barricade, and setting up road blocks so the Baseji can not run their motorbikes through, during the night on the Twitter they were discussing ways to make the Roads more difficult for the motorbikes, there was even advice how to "disrupt" a bike ( they were planning to visit the bikes when the Baseji eat or sleep ).There were also giving tips how to place glass or oil on the road ways so the Baseji bikes would wipe out. These are resilient brave people.

In this video you can hear what sounds like Pots and Pans, I did read ( also on the twitter) that they will start doing that as well, that Silence is Over. Another thread said that they will start chanting to the Police" Join Us". And yet during the night a Baseji HQ was apparently set on fire, it is hard to see in this but clearly they are not going to be put down by the Baseji Thugs.

Huffington Post still has the best Live Blog and NYT has set up their running own Liveblog today, the link is below. I will be posting new TWEET information and links when I have it. On another note do see Google News, they have set up a whole page for News Sources and BLOGS on Iran ( amazing). And they also are offering Farsi translation too, they deserve major thanks for that. But I wrote a scathing post earlier today about the MSM coverage, and in light of some research I should maybe not be so angry, some of them are clearly working with limitations and problems. On another note google news this am had 27,000 article and links for Iran Election, that says to me that the Whole World is indeed watching.

* ( I am also in the process of setting up a Whole Another Blog, called The Uprising to archive all of these posts and also because this will need coverage for awhile. If anyone would like to forward photos, links etc I will post, just email me. This post will be updated throughout the Day. Remember Iranians are risking their Lives to get these videos and photos out to the world for their Truth to be Known.
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By now many people have seen the Footage of the young woman shot dead in the Street. Her name was Neda, and according to WPI press office, her surname is Soltani, she was an employee of Rademan Airways. She was standing on the corner with her father watching the protests. Her father was next to her when she was shot,and in the 40 sec.video you can hear her father's voice talking to her, and a Farsi reader at Huffington Post translated it " Neda do not be afraid" and "Neda stay with me". This is the an account of a bystander that tried to help, who is a a Doctor, and this post has more details about her death. Warning; it also sadly does contain graphic photos. The video is still posted below, and will remain posted even though it is heartbreaking to know that she died such a way. Even sadder now that it is Fathers Day. Her Name in Farsi means " The Voice or Call ". Over at Huffpo this afternoon they are posting this video which clearly shows her at the corner moments before standing with her father...she is alive and young.... TIME Magazine is now covering her story as well.
Her passport photo and yes, she does also now live on in a Wiki page, that might not all accurate.
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Andrew Sullivan is also doing an amazing job Liveblogging Via The Tweets....
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Amazing photovideo journal blog that is really tracking amazingly well.....great videos
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Seattle PI is reporting that the Former President's Daughter has been arrested. This is the daughter that had attended rallies and spoken out, and inspired many young women there.
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23 Reporters and Journalists have been arrested in Iran according to the Boston Globe. This might explain some of the recent Problems noted in reporting and reports coming out of Iran. It also raises many questions about the danger for the Iranians assisting the Outside Reporters...

Reporters without borders has nore on the situation here....
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More on the Election Fraud from an Iranian 's perspective....
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NYT starting today is running a whole page Live Blog as well..
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LA Times has more on the protests yesterday and some parts we have not heard before.
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Reuters is still covering the situation and also has a great post today about the Protests at the WH....thanks Happy for reminding me to add them as a link.
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10 ways to help the Iranians get free speech. (It should say attempt to help them obtain SOME free Speech...but thanks Tom for sending)
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6 PM Updates ::::
Newsweek continues it's great coverage even though one of their reporters has been arrested.
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BBC Reporter has been told that he has 24 hours to leave
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This is from Persian BBC from today. It is almost 6 PM EST and 2:30 in the morning there so the tweets are slowing down, but I am still finding some news....and please do watch the videos below of the Rock Fight and the Alley Arrest.
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11 PM I have spent much of the day and part of this evening trolling the Twitter Threads for information to forward on to Nico,....and I was just about to go to bed when I found this song that is being circulated for Neda, sadly she was buried in Southern Tehran today, and it was done quietly. This Song is a Goodbye for her, but it reminds us that all of those brave people are risking their lives each time they go outside now...The Videos below show men and women all ages Fighting Back, Resisting...Using Rocks and working together to take care of each other....sadly Neda is gone but she won't be forgotten.

For Neda and her Dad that was with her, This Song, is called "Oh, what a day to be alive" , the video montage is haunting and yes, shows what they all are facing right now....

To the Iranians, You Are Not Alone...We Hear You...and yes, the Whole World is Watching...

It is now 8 AM in Iraq....their Day of Destiny was indeed a horrendous day...and sadly we don't know how much Blood was shed, but we know it was unjust and brutal....and heartbreaking...that there are families there that are in pain and worried. I do not understand what kind of Leader would do such a thing to his people.The Baseji are evil but I am still praying that the other forces and police side with the People....We don't know what will happen next...But the battle is not over..it has just begun.

Photo by Newgoya, much video from yesterday is posted below.
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Friday Night we posted the video of the Rooftop Prayer....I am reposting..in honor of NEDA...

Warning : Graphic and heartbreaking: Young Girl shot in head dies in the street

Her name was Neda. She was standing with her father on the street corner, just watching when she was shot in the head from above. Her father was with her as she died. heartbreaking.If you listen to the video you can hear her speaking to her, he is saying " Don't be afraid Neda" " Stay with me Neda".....words of a father to his dying daughter.

How Bad was it ? These newly downloaded images tell the story from this brave soul that was there...click the title

Nine Videos from the Day..worth seeing and smuggled out...(newsgoya)

Young Man has been shot by the police...( warning: graphic - my apologies)

Atleast 35-45 have been killed, and hundreds injured. It is estimated that there up to 20,000 set loose on them as they attempted to get to the Square for the rally, ambushing them in alley ways and streets. There were also snipers placed at heights and on rooftops that shot people in the street as they walked, even though some of the people were not part of the demonstrations.

Another man shot, for no reason, much gunfire....

Azadi Street Violence, 5:29 Minutes, shows Shootings on this street, and people defending themselves by carrying rocks...and One Man Shot Dead

2 Minutes in the people are trying to get past one corner and many shots are being fired, ongoing, then there is a man shot, and you see people trying to help move him, and it is grim and bloody watching them trying to move him and look for cover while shots are still ringing out.

CNN only showed part of this video, implying that the protestors were breaking things with rocks, this is wrong, they did not show or watch the entire Video. The Entire video showed what really happened. And it is disturbing.

More Students at Shiraz University being rushed as they sit by a fence chanting, attacked by the Police( click to watch: warning :disturbing)

Shiraz University Students being brutally beaten and attacked by the Police ( click the title)

Shots being fired at Protesters and people on the street, they scatter in fear....( click the title)

This Video shows the extent of the Rallies and people did show up, military helis overhead ( click the title)

5:54 Minutes of Video from Persian BBC , clearly shows people being shot at from roofs and buildings ( Click the title to watch)

Saturday ....Early 6 AM, Approaching 4 PM in Iran, The Whole World Is Watching ...

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He write: First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. Mahatma Gandhi
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Guardian Live Blog
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Nico Pitney at Huffington Post
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New You Tube Channel worth monitoring....
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Imagine....

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7:50 AM:::
Have been monitoring Twitter for most of the night. People have started arriving at the Designated Square in past 40 minutes. ( remember they have no real way to communicate of organize and many were unsure for the past 24 hours if March was still on). ( Here in Ohio, wicked storms, so hope my modem stays connected).

Tonight In Iran, Before Tomorrow the Day of Destiny, again they Take to The Roof Tops to cry to God.....

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People of Iran be strong. "The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I went over to Nico Pitney's Liveblogging at Huffpost, and there was an amazing video was posted, I have reposted it below with the transcript. ( I don't think Nico would mind me sharing it, I have sent him much video these past few days). There is a transcript, of what the woman is saying as she listens out the window, as her neighbors again cry to God....For many nights now as phones and Internet has been removed and communication repressed, the Iranians have gone to their roof's and called to God. I am printing the transcript that someone painfully transcribed for him.( below the video). I am also posting video of them calling to God earlier in the week, there is a shift in the cries now,there is more pain, more desperation. I want to go up on my roof and cry with them at this point.....I don't know what we can do to help them....I know there are mothers like me, crying for their sons, wanting something more for their futures...as a mother I know that...and I look at the young faces in the photos and the photos of the old women in the photos I posted yesterday and I think they have waited so long...they have hoped and prayed...and they too marched for Mousavi ...for Change....They too have hungered for something else.
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Checking Twitter and Pitney's post and The Guardian, and they are all reporting that Mousavi's people, his inner circle, have all been arrested, and his office ransacked by plain clothes policemen.....It is 3am there now...What tomorrow brings for them...I do not know...But I pray they have the strength to meet what comes....I light my candles and send many prayers on the wind for them.....

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The Transcript of what the girl is whispering as she listens to the Calls in the Night::::
"Tomorrow is Saturday. Tomorrow is a day of destiny.
Tonight, the cries of Allah-o Akbar are heard louder and louder than the nights before.
Where is this place? Where is this place where every door is closed? Where is this place where people are simply calling God? Where is this place where the sound of Allah-o Akbar gets louder and louder?
I wait every night to see if the sounds will get louder and whether the number increases. It shakes me. I wonder if God is shaken.
Where is this place that where so many innocent people are entrapped? Where is this place where no one comes to our aid? Where is this place that only with our silence we are sending our voices to the world? Where is this place that the young shed blood and then people go and pray -- standing on that same blood and pray. Where is this place where the citizens are called vagrants?
Where is this place? You want me to tell you? This place is Iran. The homeland of you and me.
This place is Iran."
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This is the video from two nights ago Calls to God in the Night:

And then I watch this video again....The Opposition video, and it reminds me of us, last year campaigning for Obama, wanting Something more for our children, something better, Change, Change that would bring a world that is more together, that people connect more....I watch this video and think they are no different than us....

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Quotes by Rumi:::
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."
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"All day I think about it, then at night I say it.
Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing?
I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere,
I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there."
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"Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river."
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"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I will meet you there."
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Namaste....Allahu Akbar....Allahu Akbar....Allahu Akbar.....

The Latest on the Uprising in Iran : Friday Day 7 June 19th,2009

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Early this Morning in Iran at Tehran University the Supreme Leader spoke at Morning Prayers, and basically continued to Bless the Election results and blamed the US and UK for the current opposition sentiment. From the Transcripts I have seen he did not mention the murder of the stundents by the Baseji at the Dorms, or mention the students being held at the Interior.Susposedly Ahmadinejead was somewhere in the crowds.This article is from the Independent, and I will post more as I find it. As if last night at 3AM Mousavi supporters were not planning on attending these prayers, but there is a Rally planned for Saturday.That the Supreme Leader is supporting this Rigged Election and murder of students and civilians is very concerning. I encourage people to keep tuning in to Huffington Post Nico Pitney's Live Thread, The Guardian 's Live Thread, and Robert Fisk at the Independent, all links below.
Snippet from The Independent:::
"Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sided with hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and offered no concessions to the opposition. He effectively closed any chance for a new vote by calling the June 12 election an "absolute victory."The speech created a stark choice for candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and his supporters: Drop their demands for a new vote or take to the streets again in blatant defiance of the man endowed with virtually limitless powers under Iran's constitution.Khamenei accused foreign media and Western countries of trying to create a political rift and stir up chaos in Iran."Some of our enemies in different parts of the world intended to depict this absolute victory, this definitive victory, as a doubtful victory," he said. "It is your victory. They cannot manipulate it."Khamenei said the 11 million votes that separated Ahmadinejad from his top opponent, Mousavi, were proof that fraud did not occur. Ahmadinejad watched the sermon from the front row. State television did not show Mousavi in attendance."
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The Guardian is still liveblogging it, with video and updates.
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Nico Pitney is still liveblogging it at Huffington Post
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Translated version of the speech by the Supreme Leader 6.19.09 ( via twitter and the Guardian)
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NYT reports Supreme Leaders speech and views it as a warning to the Youth and the Protesters . Supreme Leader said that the Country's Youth are spiritually misguided.
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UPDATE 2 AM - 5 AM
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Juan Cole's latest post about the Mourning Rallies.....
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Interesting article about the Factional Divide at the top in Iran...
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More photos- NEW from the 6.18.09 Rallies
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Rallies of Support planned around the country this weekend
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revolutionary group puts the Number of those killed at 43.....
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Human Rights Watch demanding investigation into the Protester's Deathes....
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andrew sullivan live- twitting the uprising
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New videos tonight of today's rally, from Voice of America
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Petition asking the UN to investigate the Election and provide Election Monitoring in Iran.
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Citizen Tube has been posting great videos....thank google that they are trying to help, with videos and translation services starting today...
12 Noon:::
BBC is fighting the Sattelite interferance.
7 PM Update ( going to Twitter):::
Time Photo Gallery -welldone.
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Wallstreet Journal examines the Twitter effect on this situation.
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Video from Day Of Mourning:::

For days now I have been forwarding messages, links, and photos, videos to The Guardian and Huffington Post ( and yes, much has been from twitter the past 2 days)....as I know many others have as well. I encourage people to keep doing this, as the Media Blackout continues, Online Sources will need to continue to need people digging at twitter ( that as of last night was still getting over 100,000 hits an hour).I will continue to update this post throughout the day, email me if you have updates. To those that have been sending updates I say thank you. To the "Sites Within" that I was using to get information and have now been shut down , I send my prayers for your safety.

Iranians from the RoofTops....powerful...prayerful..Allahu Akbar...

Nico Pitney posted this video and an explanation on Huffpost, explaining that the video was explained by an email what the chant Allahu Akbar means,....really means....

"I cannot in any way claim to know what people are thinking or meaning on the ground, but for centuries, 'Allahu Akbar' has been in the Muslim world a battlefield of meaning and ultimately of political legitimacy. They are five syllables pregnant in meaning, mutability and richness, not simply a ritualistic or fundamentalist dogmatic trope. Nor is 'Allahu Akbar' simply a prayer. In fact, despite all its negative, violent connotations in the West, 'Allahu Akbar' has been uttered by Muslims throughout history as a cry against oppression, against kings and monarchs, against tyrannical and despotic rule, reminding people that in the end, the disposer of affairs and ultimate holder of legitimacy is not any man, not any king or queen, not even any supreme leader, but ultimately a divine force out and above directing, caring and fighting for a more peaceful, rule-based, just and free world for people to live in. God is the one who is greatest, above each and every mortal human being whose station it is to pass away.

The fact that 'Allahu Akbar' is echoing through the Iranian night is not only an indication of the longing of people there to find a peaceful and just solution to this crisis. It also points to how deep the erosion of legitimacy is in whosoever acts against the will of the people, in whosoever claims to act on God's behalf to oppress his fellow human, including in this case some of the 'supreme' Islamic jurists themselves. This all goes to show that Islam, far from being merely an abode of repression and retrogression, has the capacity of being a fundamentally restorative and democratic force in human affairs. In the end, so it seems, at least in the Iranian context, 'Allahu Akbar', God is greatest, is a most profoundly democratic of political slogans. So deep is this call, that what is determined out of this liminal moment may very well set the terms for (or against) a lived, democratic Islamic reality for decades to come.

Iranian Uprising Day Six, Thursday June 18th...new photos and video from today

Families Marched together to the Mourning Rallies....Silently wearing black...(updated noon 6.18.09)






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Video showing Mousavi at the rally, only 20 seconds, very very loud


I am still gathering and posting information as I find it, from internet sources, utube and twitter, the Media Blackout continues,....Links to Liveblogs of Huffington Post and The Guardian are still linked below. Sadly there are some videos below showing what did happen at the University. More in yesterdays post as well. I am trying to post about the People, and show their videos and photos, that is what they want the world to see....
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Mousavi speaking at the marches today.....it is said that one million were there, here are more photos from that rally..... Today was a day of mourning, and people were encouraged to dress and black and pray first and that the protests were to be silent and honoring the dead that have died this week.Below there are some videos showing some of the violence unleashed by the Baseji upon the University students. He had also requested that those being held be released.It is now nighttime there....I have updated links below covering the events.Nico Pitney of Huffington Post and the Guardian are both still liveblogging and have frequent updates.
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Video from the Rally today 5PM 6.18.09 ( just posted to twitter)

The Mousavi video, Nico Pitney posted today over at Huffington Post, it is in farsi, but beautiful and powerful....the photos alone speak volumes...( he is working on getting it translated)....it is haunting...

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The Opposition Ad with english subtitles....pretty amazing..( again Nico at Huffpost posted today)

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June 18, 2009 Protest in Karim Khan Street, Tehran
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June 18, 2009: Third placed opposition candiate, Karoobia among the crowd at Karim Khan, Tehran.
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CNN reported that Students were being held Dept of Interior Ministry as of June 16th and suffering horrendous treatment, this was found on a flickr page.
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Damage at Tehran University Dorms from the Police from Monday Night June 15th Night

Riot police and Basij hardliner militia attacked the University of Tehran student dormitory last night. Up to 150 students were jailed, at least 1 (and up to 15) students were killed and many more injured. The attack followed student protests against the June 13th coup d'etat in which the government stole the votes of people and announced fake res
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More video of the Damage

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Guardian Live Blog of the Events there continues....
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Blog from Within....photos of the Million people at todays's Day of Mourning and Mousavi addressing the masses....
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Huffington Post Live blog by Nico Pitney is still covering this....amazing job.
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This is still the best youtube video channel.
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New video just posted ( twitter) of Yesterdays's silent march, the silence is deafening and stunning...

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6:30 PM New video of students being attacked by police ( it is from 2 days ago):::

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Amazing video from Monday rallies, must see....livestream
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Amnesty International's Letter to UN letting the UN and Iran know that the whole world is watching....
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CNN has more on the Mousavi rally today
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Australian Paper reporting the students killed and attacked by the Baseji Police
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New footage just posted to Twitter, from Monday Night, Students being shot and chased by the Baseji Police, even the person filming the video is shot, but keeps filming.

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Amazing photos from the rally today, That show all ages, at the rallies, not just students , yet the Government there keeps trying to portray it is "hooligans" and in
Ahmadinejead's last comments he called them " dirt on the wind".
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Opinion Post in the NYT, Must Read, and how more about the Election Rigging......
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More from Robert Fisk reporting for UK's Independent
Snippet:::
"Indeed, the arrest of the Islamic Republic's first foreign minister, Ibrahim Yazdi – he was taken, quite literally, from the bed of his Tehran hospital where he is suffering from prostate cancer – shows just how high the level of suspicion is amid the heights of the Islamic Republic. No one has managed to suggest a sane reason why a man who worked alongside the founder of the Islamic regime, Ayatollah Khomeini himself, should suddenly disappear before our eyes. Yazdi had urged Iranians to boycott the presidential poll four years ago – the election that brought Ahmadinejad to power – but was urging all Iranians to vote last week.

If anyone needed proof of the government's state of indecision, they had only to look at yesterday's Tehran newspapers. Suddenly, the mass demonstrations were acknowledged in full. A whole front page of photographs showed Wednesday afternoon's Mousavi rally. Ahmadinejad had said at the weekend that his opponents were mere "layers of dust" – an unwise as well as a childish remark – but across one photograph, demonstrators can be seen carrying a banner which reads: "The layers of dust are making history."

Other papers showed Iran's top six football stars playing South Korea in Seoul with Mousavi's campaign green ribbons tried to their wrists. They complied with instructions to take them off for the second half of the match – which was broadcast live across Iran and which turned out to be a draw. Even Mousavi's website is no longer blocked. We may ask what all this means. But so does all of Iran."
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Really interesting video from June17th, note the police standing quietly with the people...there is no tension...this is from the Mourning rallies....

Iran Uprising Updates Day 5 : Wednesday June 17th,2009

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These top two photos are from yesterday, thousands at Naghagshe Esfehan, the amazing part is that People in Iran have not seen these photos.(Today I am posting latest photos and videos first and then ALL latest newest updates will be linked below.)
video below is of people marching to the Rally yesterday,it was miles of people.

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New Source a Kurdish Paper is covering the events....and the rallies and the uprising.
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Today at the World Cup the Iranian Soccer Team wore Green Wrist Bands of support, ( They are playing South Korea).
There are more amazing photos of the people at the game supporting the movement, go to Huffington Post and Nico Pitney is still liveblogging and doing an amazing job.
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Protesters today on Krimkhan Bridge June 17. Thousands have quietly filled the streets, some dressed in Black and some carrying photos and flowers honoring those that have been killed by the paramilitary and police. The Video below is from the Bridge.

From Reuters and The Guardian:::
3.30pm:
More than 500,000 Iranians are silently marching from from Haft-e-Tir Square to Vali Asr Square, reports Saeed Kamali Dehghan in Tehran.Many are wearing black in mourning for those killed in earlier protests. Protesters want to go to Tehran University later to mourn the killing on Sunday of students in a dormitory.Reuters says that "tens of thousands" of people are protesting. One street leading to the square was packed for several kilometres, witnesses said.Most of the protesters were silent and making victory signs. Some are holding pictures of those killed.The authorities say the rally is banned
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More from Tuesday June 16th
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A Woman giving a para military/police a flower.....
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The Insignia on his collar shows that he is in the Military, the Army, that means that the Ahmadinejead is using the Military to suppress the people.

This photo shows that the Government is using Plain Clothes Police on motorbikes, although there are questions that by looking at the dress that these people are Military. Note the Drawn weapons. There is no need for armed police in plain clothes the marches and rallies have been peaceful.( Both photos are from Monday )
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A woman wounded in the Protests on Monday...It is important to realize that whole families did go to rallies, and yes, they did bring their children too....this is no longer about just the young people and the students, millions are engaged in this.


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Best Up to date Video Channel is still is still this video channel.
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Another Really good Video Channel that is still getting video ( some is done with phones), but is still updating today even with the Crackdown.
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Amazing Flickr Thread that is updated on frequent basis.
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Another amazing FLickr thread of photos that CNN would Never show....
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Another amazing photo gallery, some graphic and some not seen here in the states.
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Amazing photos found by going through twitter, some graphic- many have not been seen before
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Reuters had a huge photo collection of the Uprising....
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Nico Pitney is still liveblogging it....day 5...send him links, video etc.
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McClatchy yesterday reported that the Senior Clerics are Slamming the Election Results and raising concerns and questions.
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The Guardian is still reporting updates and and is doing an amazing job LIVEblogging as well, read more here at the Liveblog on what is going on in the Streets and on the ground.
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Guardian also has updated videos and photos
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Reuters has a whole page devoted to the Events in Iran
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The Guardian has people investigating the Turn Out Numbers of the Election , they are staggering and Stunning....read more
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Christian Science Monitor is also looking in the Election Numbers.....
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FromTthe Guardian this am::
11am:
"The man who leaked the real election results from the Interior Ministry - the ones showing Ahmadinejad coming third - was killed in a suspicious car accident, according to unconfirmed reports, writes Saeed Kamali Dehghan in Tehran.Mohammad Asgari, who was responsible for the security of the IT network in Iran's interior ministry, was killed yesterday in Tehran.
Asgari had reportedly leaked results that showed the elections were rigged by government use of new software to alter the votes from the provinces.Asgari was said to have leaked information that showed Mousavi had won almost 19 million votes, and should therefore be president.We will try to get more details later."

People have been looking at photos of the Pro Government Rallies from yesterday and it appears that the photos have been photoshopped...see what you think...
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The Opposition Leader is calling for a Rally tomorrow to protest the Election and the Violence shown to his supporters....(reported at Noon by The Independent of the UK
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4 PM Update:::
NYT has the latest on the rallies, day's events and more .
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Reporters without Borders is reporting that atleast 6 reporters have been arrested by the Iranian Government.
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Mr Mousavi's Facebook Page, most of it is in Farsi....but very interesting. ( I think it is legit).
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Times Online -UK has more of the coverage of the past 24 hours.
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4:30 PM update:::
BBC has latest on rallies today.
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Independent journalist reporting still...
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4:40 PM Update :::
Amnesty International has been updating their site regularly and is documenting and tracking the brutality and the Dangers to students and journalists in Iran.
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5:20 PM Update ( twitter):::
Latest video of the "Million Silent People March " from today:

and there is More from NPR and worth reading as it explores how the Crackdown is going on the people.
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Iranian Artists in Exile have made a video that is very moving, they also have utube channel worth seeing.
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An really amazing article by Andrew Sullivan about The Twittering Effect in this Uprising and how it happened to be all that was left to The People.....
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From yesterday, girl shot being taken to hospital, video off twitter, graphic, taken by someone with cellphone

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From the twitter, report of attack by plain clothes thugs at local day hospital - ie urgent care center, scroll down for english translation at post. basically the Government is starting to go medical facilities looking for "leaders" of the protest and injured protesters, but at this point it is a People's movement , yet the government still thinks if they can beat up some college students and smash some computers it can be stopped...they don't realize that the tipping point was surpassed this weekend.
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CNN ireport ( abby ?) is doing an excellent job with up to the minute coverage- and the actual site has much that CNN is NOT reporting, check it out.
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9 :30 PM Update:::
WHICH Votes got messed with in the Election ? Possibley the Women's Vote according to the CS Monitor....
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NYT Photojournalism blog has great photos and more, it is worth checking out and they are still reporting ( so much for that VISA thing)
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10 PM Update :::
Andrew Sullivan 's New post on the Dish.....

Iran Uprising and Protests:::Tuesday June 16th, 2009 Updates

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Title is still linked to Nico Pitney's Liveblogging on Huffpost. and All over updates from Weekend and June 15th down below.
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4:20 PM Update :::
Videos and updates are getting more difficult to access. This link has some updated videos Middle East UTube videos.....
One Hour ago- this video posted by Sky News about the Crackdown and update on Day 4 of Protests:

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Guardian is also Livelblogging the Fallout.

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12:45 PM Update from NICO"s Blog at Huffpost::::
I am reposting this Comment by President Obama, as it is beautifully said and profound- Please pass it along and share it:::
"Mr. Obama added: "When I see violence directed at peaceful protesters, when I see peaceful dissent being suppressed, wherever that takes place, it is of concern to me and it is of concern to the American people. That is not how governments should interact with their people."

Mr. Obama also said that "something has happened in Iran," leading to "a questioning of the kinds of antagonistic postures towards the international community that have taken place in the past. That there are people who want to see greater openness and greater debate and want to see greater democracy. How that plays out over the next several days and several weeks is something for the Iranian people to decide."
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Video of Protests and gatherings late Monday June 15th Night, you can clearly hear gunfire ( if anyone speaks farsi- please let me know what they are chanting).

June16th Internantional News Report Video Below ( please note that the foreign journalists only have VISA's until tonight- for election coverage- and they must leave or now face arrest, and they don't also want to endanger those around them. It is worrisome how much news we will get once they are gone. Watch the video- it is NOT just Students - people of ALL ages.

10 am Update:::
Please go to Nico's blog and read about the Journalistic Restrictions, and see latest, apparently Ahmadinejead is is at Security Summit in Russia and blasting the US and pretending that nothing is wrong in his country- that he has won against capitalism ( scary ? delusional ? what do we call this ?). The Video down below is of Doctors and Nurses who joined the protest today, they cared for the Wounded and are yelling about the Seven Killed.I will post more down below about the video.

More about the video:
At 1:41 one of nurses is shouting "7 people died in this hospital last night". other 1 died by a headshot...which said that poor brave man shoted by sniper. at 1:35 you can see on that board which writen in persian "28 wounded...8 died"
Morning of 16 June...Rasoul Akram Hospital's doctors and nurses are protesting about what happened in the last night gunshots by Goverment's militia (basij) and police. 36 people shots By Gun 8 dies and 28 injured .

Here is a Letter written and posted by Nico Pitney over on Huffpost it is from a Med Student and explains WHY the Nurses and Doctors protested this morning....as a RN I am so so moved by that video and this letter...heartbreaking...:::
Hello,

It's painful to watch what's happening.

I don't want anything to do with what has been said this far, as I neither have the strength nor the resilience to face all these unfathomable events.

I only want to speak about what I have witnessed. I am a medical student. There was chaos last night at the trauma section in one of our main hospitals. Although by decree, all riot-related injuries were supposed to be sent to military hospitals, all other hospitals were filled to the rim. Last night, nine people died at our hospital and another 28 had gunshot wounds. All hospital employees were crying till dawn. They (government) removed the dead bodies on back of trucks, before we were even able to get their names or other information. What can you even say to the people who don't even respect the dead. No one was allowed to speak to the wounded or get any information from them. This morning the faculty and the students protested by gathering at the lobby of the hospital where they were confronted by plain cloths anti-riot militia, who in turn closed off the hospital and imprisoned the staff. The extent of injuries are so grave, that despite being one of the most staffed emergency rooms, they've asked everyone to stay and help--I'm sure it will even be worst tonight.

What can anyone say in face of all these atrocities? What can you say to the family of the 13 year old boy who died from gunshots and whose dead body then disappeared?

This issue is not about cheating(election) anymore. This is not about stealing votes anymore. The issue is about a vast injustice inflected on the people. They've put a baton in the hand of every 13-14 year old to smash the faces of "the bunches who are less than dirt" (government is calling the people who are uprising dried-up torn and weeds)
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Video of the Pare Military and the Police Brutally attacking people June 15th, and remember the video above- the nurses and doctors took care of those that were being attacked and shot at.

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Best Up to the Minute U-tube Iran Video Channel
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CBS News Blogs about the Foreign News CrackDown, Elizabeth Palmer and her crew had spent the last days reporting from the streets....all of them have been ordered to leave or face arrest..... Truly these Bloggers are indeed some of the best journalists and reporters.....
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Mashable still has an amazing round up of sources and how to access twitter sources....
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President Obama's statements about the situation from the White House Blog June 15th Evening......., there is more about his speaking out today to reporters, and statements made about his concern, CBS has the transcripts and questions asked.
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1AM Update**** CRITICAL ****:::
( This is a Critical Update...and a symptom of Something Much Larger that needs watching...)
YEKATERINBURG (Russia) - IRAN'S President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Russia on Tuesday to attend a regional security summit, in his first foreign trip following his disputed re-election, an official in the Iranian delegation told AFP.'Yes, yes, yes, his plane is now sitting' at the airport in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg in the Urals Mountains, the Iranian official said on condition of anonymity."
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(( Enigma Questions:::Why would a Dictator LEAVE his country while there are Millions in the Street Protesting HIS Election and Possible Massive Voter Fraud , and he has gone to Russia for a "summit" ? Shouldn't he home to deal with his Election Situation ? Did he go to Russia looking for Support ? Sympathy ? WHAT ? Does it show that he is Out of Touch ? Disconnected ? Irrational ? Or Scared ?))
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Update Flickr Page has great photos and resources and contacts
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Updated Iranian Blog : Paramilitary has been "visiting " students and professors homes and libraries... and attempting to destroy their computers.....and ability to connect.
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Please do read Naj's post about what is happening in her homeland, her perspective is unique....it is beautifully written...
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Atleast 7 killed in the Protests as reported by BBC
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Don't forget that Mashable has plenty of great updated links for the social networking resources, twitter etc...
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AIR AMERICA has great updated coverage.....
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A Protester led this man away to get aid...
and the video that supports people doing this....

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More video From the Rallies Monday and the Violence, disturbing video of man shot at by the Basej or undercover Police on Bikes ( you can hear gunfire)