This just in....
We are now working with the LA based Iranian TV broadcasters. It occurred to me that much of what is happening in Iran is not getting covered by the US media because of the regimes control over the foreign media there, coupled with the language gap between English speaking US media and Farsi speaking Iranians and their TV broadcasters.
So we have contacted most of the Iranian TV broadcasters and they have agreed to ask their English speaking listeners in Iran to email their stories in English to me so I can post them on FreeRepublic.
They have begun broadcasting this and giving out a special email address of mine:
iranazda@cox.net (“iranazad” which means “Free Iran”).
Also it would help you you could write Azadi TV and ask them to regularly ask their listeners to send in their stories to
iranazda@cox.net. Let them know if you are English speaking supporters of the protests in Iran and want to hear the reports in English. We just need to remind them to make a regular feature of their broadcasts. They are very busy and can easily forget to make the request. Write them at:
news@azaditv.com We have already begun to receive emails and you will soon hear more first hand accounts from within Iran. But some of the stories still came in Farsi and it will take some time to translate.
If you speak or know Farsi speaking persons that would like to monitor the Iranian broadcasts and post regular reports to our thread please email me. I can help them get internet access to these broadcasts.
Thanks for all your help in advance.
DoctorZin
"It occurred to me that much of what is happening in Iran is not getting covered by the US media because of the regimes control over the foreign media there, coupled with the language gap between English speaking US media and Farsi speaking Iranians and their TV broadcasters." Partly. But mostly, Doc, it's because the media (US in particular) see this as an extention of Bush's success in Iraq, making him more difficult to defeat in 2004. Thus, by not covering your struggle, they don't give additional support to Dubya. Maybe I'm just cynical....