Iran
A video of chanting for Mir Hossein Mousavi, the lead opposition candidate in last week's Iranian election, as he prepared to address the crowd during a protest Thursday June 18. Mousavi had called on protesters to wear black that day in mourning for the 8 people killed during Monday's protest.
Photos from that same protest
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mousavi1388/sets/72157619931959432/
Photos from Monday June 15 of those protesting the the June 12 election results. The size of the protest was estimated to be 3,000,000 people.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mousavi1388/sets/72157619701000269/
On Tuesday June 16 all journalists were barred in Tehran from reporting, taking film or pictures. Since then almost all information has come from citizen journalists who have made heavy use of Facebook, Twitter and Youtube to report and communicate.
From Google's offical blog
"Today, we added Persian (Farsi) to Google Translate. This means you can now translate any text from Persian into English and from English into Persian - whether it's a news story, a website, a blog, an email, a tweet or a Facebook message. The service is available free at http://translate.google.com.
We feel that launching Persian is particularly important now, given ongoing events in Iran. Like YouTube and other services, Google Translate is one more tool that Persian speakers can use to communicate directly to the world, and vice versa - increasing everyone's access to information."
From Facebook's offical blog
"Since the Iranian election last week, people around the world have increasingly been sharing news and information on Facebook about the results and its aftermath. Much of the content created and shared has been in Persian-the native language of Iran-but people have had to navigate the site in English or other languages.
Today we're making the entire site available in a beta version of Persian, so Persian speakers inside of Iran and around the world can begin using it in their native language.
If your browser is set to Persian, you should automatically see the Persian version of Facebook."
http://twitpic.com/7svet
Click to viewPhotos from that same protest
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mousavi1388/sets/72157619931959432/
Photos from Monday June 15 of those protesting the the June 12 election results. The size of the protest was estimated to be 3,000,000 people.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mousavi1388/sets/72157619701000269/
On Tuesday June 16 all journalists were barred in Tehran from reporting, taking film or pictures. Since then almost all information has come from citizen journalists who have made heavy use of Facebook, Twitter and Youtube to report and communicate.
From Google's offical blog
"Today, we added Persian (Farsi) to Google Translate. This means you can now translate any text from Persian into English and from English into Persian - whether it's a news story, a website, a blog, an email, a tweet or a Facebook message. The service is available free at http://translate.google.com.
We feel that launching Persian is particularly important now, given ongoing events in Iran. Like YouTube and other services, Google Translate is one more tool that Persian speakers can use to communicate directly to the world, and vice versa - increasing everyone's access to information."
From Facebook's offical blog
"Since the Iranian election last week, people around the world have increasingly been sharing news and information on Facebook about the results and its aftermath. Much of the content created and shared has been in Persian-the native language of Iran-but people have had to navigate the site in English or other languages.
Today we're making the entire site available in a beta version of Persian, so Persian speakers inside of Iran and around the world can begin using it in their native language.
If your browser is set to Persian, you should automatically see the Persian version of Facebook."
http://twitpic.com/7svet