Naghshe Jahan Sq / Esfehan / IRAN #iranelection
Photo is from Esfehan ...believe southwest of Tehran closer to the Iraqi border:
From a message at the site:
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candrew3 on June 17, 2009
Posted on 06/17/2009 7:52:31 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
CAIRO – Iran clamped down Tuesday on independent media in an attempt to control images of election protests, but pictures and videos leaked out anyway — showing how difficult it is to shut off the flow of information in the Internet age.
The restrictions imposed by the government made such social-networking sites as Twitter and Flickr more prominent — with even the U.S. State Department calling on Twitter to put off a scheduled shutdown for maintenance.
Iranians were posting items online, but it wasn't known how much of that information was being seen by others inside the country. And although some of the posts on Twitter appeared to be from users in Tehran, others clearly were not.
Following a massive opposition rally Monday, authorities restricted journalists — including Iranians working for foreign media — from reporting on the streets. They could effectively only work from their offices, conducting telephone interviews and monitoring official sources such as state TV.
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Naghshe Jahan Sq / Esfehan / IRAN #iranelection
Photo is from Esfehan ...believe southwest of Tehran closer to the Iraqi border:
From a message at the site:
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Photos from Esfehan, the third largest city in Iran.
Monday June 15, 2009.
Other sources of Iran protest photos are:
1. The Mousavi photostream www.flickr.com/photos/mousavi1388
2. Bahramk's excellent collection of over 399 photos from the protests in Iran: picasaweb.google.com/bahramks/RiotsInTehran#
I think Ahmadinejad has some past experience with that...
I do not know Farsi :)
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BBC live: UK FOREIGN SECRETARY deplores violence in Iran and deplores press/internet/sms blockages.#Iranelection #gr88#Iranelections
1 minute ago from web
OK,...thanks...I need to call my SIL.
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@IranRiggedElect Please watch this video of a speech by an iranian student: http://www.youtube.com/watc... #IranElection
7 minutes ago from web in reply to IranRiggedElect
Not sure whether the speech was an organizational speech or a morale boosting speech...decent crowd with applause.
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Still standing strong-and long- http://twitpic.com/7mi5l #iranelection
16 minutes ago from web
Iran / today / Krimkhan St / protest NOW #iranelection
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RT @jimsciuttoABC #iranelection Iranian jrnlst & opp activst Saeed Laylez arrested. We intvwd him Fri he said 'Iranian mentality is chging'
21 minutes ago from Twitterrific
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ordinary ppl in Iran have no reliable info - gov is trying to break all communication routes - #Iranelection
6 minutes ago from web
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RT @Dputamadre (Via Iran) it seems Mohsen Rezaee, the 3rd candidate will also ask for the election to be declared illegitimate #iranelection
7 minutes ago from web
Not sure if it is today.
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cbalin: wow! tehran on wednesday: http://tinyurl.com/kozm9d (expand
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1020 more results since you started searching. Refresh to see them.
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RT We NEED to get pictures of the foreign thugs helping the Basiji. Show the world this outrage! #iranelection #gr88
1 minute ago from TweetDeck
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Mousavi, Hezbollah creator or "liberal"? http://www.atimes.com/atime... #Iranelection #gr88 This isREALLY abouthim?
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UNCONFIRMED RT: unknown force attacking the Day Hospital in Iran threatening docs & demanding they not help injured civilians #iranelection
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and effective music-video featuring videos of the protesters please share for non-Iranian friends: http://bit.ly/osmb5 #iranelection #gr88
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