July 24, 2009 Iran Update
Tomorrow is the Global Day of Action. I'm planning to travel to Austin (even though I just got back from College Station and Plano Texas and have been in the car every day for an average of four hours since Monday night) and I hope to get to the rally and get some pictures. We'll see how things go.
Ahmedi's VP pick was first rumored to have quit due to 'resistance' to the 'liberal's' (one who says that Iran has no problems with Israel is a pariah) appointment as the first vice-president, then he got resistance from Khamenei himself and the VP was 'fired' but still Ahmedi was resistant to getting rid of the man who was like "a pure source of water" and "one of the biggest favours from God to me is knowing" him. Finally it seems that either Ahmedi bent to all the opposition from the appointment or the VP himself quit. Either way, the guy is gone.
Big news on the Senate front of things.
Via Nico,
1:04 PM ET -- Senate passes Iran VOICE Act. Just emailed out by Sen. Joe Lieberman's office.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate voted unanimously last night to adopt bipartisan legislation that will help strengthen the ability of the Iranian people get access to news and information and overcome the electronic censorship and monitoring efforts of the Iranian regime.
Story continues below
The Victims of Iranian Censorship (VOICE) Act was introduced by Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT), Ted Kaufman (D-DE), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Robert Casey (D-PA) as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. Among the key features of the VOICE Act:
* Authorizes $30 million to the Broadcasting Board of Governors to expand Farsi language broadcasting into Iran by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty's Radio Farda and the Voice of America's Persian News Network. The funds may be used to develop additional transmission capability to counter Iranian government efforts to jam radio, satellite, and Internet-based transmissions; establish additional proxy server capability and anti-censorship software to counter efforts to block access to websites in Iran; develop technologies to counter efforts to block SMS text message exchange over cellular phone networks; and hire, on a permanent or short-term basis, additional staff for Radio Farda and the Persian News Network.
* Authorizes $20 million for a new "Iranian Electronic Education, Exchange, and Media Fund," which will support the development of technologies, including websites, that will aid the ability of the Iranian people to gain access to and share information; counter efforts to block, censor, or monitor the Internet in Iran; and engage in Internet-based education programs and other exchanges with Americans online.
* Requires a report by the President on non-Iranian companies, including corporations with U.S. subsidiaries, that have aided the Iranian government's Internet censorship efforts, including by providing deep packet inspection technology.
* Authorizes $5 million for the Secretary of State to document, collect, and dissemination information about human rights in Iran, including abuses of human rights that have taken place since the June 12 Iranian election.
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You guys can add links and vids that you find. I don't mind.
Important Links
Iranian Justice
Iran Tube <- Vid hosting for Iran vids
Tehran Bureau: Ayatollah Watch <- List of the Ayatollahs and which side they are on
Anonymous Intelligence Collective <- Iran information collective Iran Mapping Project
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center <- Documenting the Human Rights Violations conducted by the Iranian Government (English and Farsi)
Paul Coelho blog <- Interview with the doctor that tried to save Neda's life.
Heritage Org
All a Twitter: How Social Networking Shaped Iran's Election Protests (July 20, 2009 - James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.)
More pictures of the Friday Prayers Protest
Vid of Friday Sermon Tehran Riots
Wikinews on Rafsanjani's speech
Juan Cole <- Guy who interviewed Nico | Rafsanjani's steps to resolve Iran's crisis | Friday's Sermon Fateful for Iran
Khandaniha <- Iranian site that has video of Friday's Sermon in 7 parts
What Bernard Kouchner REALLY said about Iran
More pictures of the Friday Prayers Protest
Tehran Bureau: Vid of Friday Sermon Tehran Riots
Iran.whyweprotest: Vid of Friday Sermon Protests
Wikinews on Rafsanjani's speech
HipHop show in Berlin, in solidarity with the protest movement in Iran
Amnesty International USA: Iranian Petition
Juan Cole <- Guy who interviewed Nico | Rafsanjani's steps to resolve Iran's crisis | Friday's Sermon Fateful for Iran
Khandaniha <- Iranian site that has video of Friday's Sermon in 7 parts
Dynamic Internet Technology <- "Attack the Cyberwalls!: The Internet Is the Pathway to Democracy in Places Like Iran"
Index of 500+ vids of Iranian protests
Rooz online - Eng
Iran protest flickr page
Youtube: peivel17 <- Green Wave channel
Blogs
Keeping the Change | Flash Mobs: A New Twist on Solidarity With Iran by Maryam
Nite Owl's live translations of the Sermon
Pedestrian | July 17, 2009 Friday Sermon | Pictures & Stories | "I was there" | July 18, 2009 Now it is our turn | Unverified Reports <- Qom wants Khamenei to side with protesters
Tehran Bureau: Friday Prayers Update (July 17, 2009)
Peace With Iran <- Blog
Iranian Leftists Report of a female protester 'possibly' gang raped and murdered
Demotix <- The mighty photojournalism site Iran election page pictures of demostrations outside Iranian embassy in London
Mightier Than
ABC reporter jim sciutto's twitblog
LA Times - Babylon & Beyond First images to emerge of July 9, 2009 protests large crowd gets dispersed by teargass on July 9, 2009 protests | July 17, 2009 -> Iran: Human Rights Lawyer Shadi Sadr Arrested | Iran: In Video, anger boils over at Friday Sermon | IRAN: Full text of Rafsanjani's lengthy speech | July 18, 2009 - IRAN: U.S. addresses Tehran unrest in daily briefing | July 19, 2009 Egypt: Cleric backed by Iran charged in Egypt | IRAN: Iranian cleric sees a long-planned conspiracy in protests
iran.whyweprotest.net 18 Tir / 9 July forum thread <- lots of vids and first hand account by a protester in Iran
goftaniha.org Ex-Basij Founder's Blog being used to ID Basij - in Farsi
Ayatollah Watch <- Information on Ayatollahs
Ahmedi's takeover has been planned since 2004
Out the Basij
ID the Basiji
twit blog about how another Ayatollah has gone against the regime
Lara Setrakian - ABC News reporter's blog TEHRAN UNREST: "IT WAS NOTHING LESS THAN WAR. PRAY FOR US."
National Iranian American Council's Blog July 9, 2009 protest coverage <- vids and pics
NY Times - The Lede Blog July 9, 2009 protest coverage | Young election protester buried in Tehran <- a new Martyr
PERSIA.ORG "Struggle for a Free Iran" <- Has dedicated their front page to information on those who have been killed and detained
Iran Negah "Ezclusive views into Iranian politics & society"
University of Texas - Austin "Power of Protest: University experts condemn violence, but urge diplomacy toward Iran"
Keeping the Change | Keeping the Change FB | Nooroz News: Tehran's Morgues Reportedly Holds the Bodies of Hundreds of Dead Protesters
Ndn.org: July 15: Twitter Iran and more impressions from the front lines of the global media revolution
Mohsen Sazegara | explaining what to do and how to do the protests
1- where to go
2- how to do it
3- things to bring
4- what to do at nights
5- slogens to write
6- which marker to write with (green neon marker in this case)
~*~
Retweeters to watch
@LaraABCNews <- Reporter out of Dubai who's been in contact with Iranians
@Pray4FreeIran <- retweeter who spreads messages about Iran
@AustinHeap <- The genius behind ProxyHeap and Haystack (says that Node 1 is a go?)
@StopAdmedi <- twitter account for Mousavi supporters
@nicopitney <- I didn't know he had a twitter account
@Iran_Translator <- NiteOwl
@iranriggedelect
@tehranbereau
@bistoon <- IRGC already actively hunt him b/c of student revolt in 1999 so I can rec him
@nextrevolution
@IranAnon <- Yes it is the Iranian Anonymous crowd
@niacouncil <- National Iranian-American Council
@votersunion
@iranlaya
@iranhrdc <- Iran Human Rights Documenting Center
Useful Resources
News: NIAC Insight | Kodoom
Translations: Google Translate | TehranBroadcast.com | Translate4Iran
Helping Iranians use the web: Haystack | Tor Project (English & Farsi) | IranHelp.org (Farsi) Demonstrations: Facebook | sharearchy | WhyWeProtest
Activism: Avaaz.org | National Iranian American Council
Mousavi's main website | Mousavi's backup/English | Mousavi's FB
Haystack's how you can help digg page
Haystack <- The all powerful proxy (still in testing) Want to help? Don't know anything techwise? Then donate some cash and keep this revolution going, you may just save someone(s) life! Haystack is needing donations! Donate Here.
Haystack Network wesbite | Haystack Twitter page | Haystack needs help! |Twitter | FB
Protest Advice
Brainstorm Ideas | Downloading/Uploading Vid programs
Torrent/dl list of videos showing police brutality in Iran
Blog that has links to LA Protest that 35-50,000 people turn out
the pictures
Want to know how the power check system in Iran works? The Wall Street Journal has an excellent graph.
Bearing Witness In Iran Weighs Heavily On Cohen: Roger Cohen on NPR
Voice of the Voiceless
YekIran <- Worldwide Protest Map
Wiki on 18th Tir Protests 1999
Wiki of Iranian Election Protests
Reporters Without Borders <- List of how many reporters are in prison in Iran
Sea of Green Radio <-an 'anon' Iran blog twitter radionomy anonymous Sea of Green radio
Eng Trans of Mousavi FB that has protest instructions and routes
mowjcamp <- Mousavi/Opposition website in Farsi
Nedanet Resource Page | hacktivists software tools
Downforeveryoneorjustme <- check websites to see if it's down | service uptime <- free remote website uptime monitoring designed to help you detect website downtime
Wiki: DNS Cache Poisoning
Paryvan wiki
VANISH: Self-Destructing Digital Data burned messages for spies the digital way
Steganography Solution
EFF.org Surveillance Self-Defense International <- 6 Ideas For Those Needing Defensive Technology to Protect Free Speech from Authoritarian Regimes and 4 Ways the Rest of Us Can Help
Mightier Than Iran: The Rooftop Project <- Site trying to find vids of the roof top shoutings for every single night since the protests began.
Iran News <- One Stop Source
for News/YouTube/Blog/Political Cartoon links about Iran's Election and the aftermath (massive library of information)
The Guardian's list of dead and detained
Voice of America News
Iran 360 <- Photojournalism site
Slate's stash of Iran political cartoons
Green cd hour long video from Iran <- Split up into nine parts on iran.whyweprotest.net
Where is My Vote.org <- List or/way of organizing world wide protests
Iran Human Rights
Human Rights Activists In Iran The Latest Update on the Detainees of July 9 and a List of 90 Confirmed in Prison
fivethirtyeight.com: Iran <- Nate Silver "the guru of statistics" input on the validity of the Iranian election outcome
Google News: Iran Election - 30, 700 articles in the past month
Austin for Iran <- Site for organizing protests in Austin Texas
Map of Tehran
Petition for the release of American-Iranian Kian Tajbakhsh
OnlyMehdi Youtube page <- Lots of vids on Iran
United 4 Iran <- Protest page | @united4iran
iran.whyweprotest best articles and links
Iran Solidarity.org.uk
Amnesty International
Reporters Uncensored | Reporters Uncensored Livestream
Share that vid <- Another vid site
Live Leak <- Another vid site
Massive Video Archive of Iran Protest Footage
USA SWAT Expert Advice - It might save their lives <- on Iran.whyweprotest forum
vid on How to use police tactics against a baton | more vids on youtube <- For Iranian's in self-defense
Vids of Ahmedinejad speech on July 16, 2009 in Mashaad
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Live Blogs on Iran
The Guardian: July 17, 2009 - Iran Crisis Friday Prayers
Revolutionary Road... <- Live from Tehran UPDATES | Revolution Road FB | Twitter <- Has lots of twitpics of the Friday Sermon Protest | List of Killed, Arrested and Released as of July 22, 2009 <- There is an interactive slide that has pictures of some of the dead.
Andrew Sullivan's blog <- Political blog but he has a lot of coverage on iran. Andrew Sullivan's blog "Iran Erupts Again" Counter Targeting the Protesters Abbas Kiarostami's "10" <- Andrew Sullivan has a feature of exhibiting artists and music | Outing Iran: Marg bar <- The real meaning of Marg bar
Enduring America blog | Latest from Iran: July 18 A Victory Followed By....? | Latest from Iran: July 19 Breathing Space
Nico's Pitney's live blog on HuffPo The most excellent live blog out there. Has an absolute ton of information dating back the very first day. Filled with pictures and vids.
Nico's Iran Page (it seems he deleted off the info from July 7th but it can be found here)
Nico moved offices on Friday...I don't think there's a Saturday update
July 20, 2009
Week of July 13, 2009 | July 10, 2009 | July 9, 2009 | July 8th | July 7th | July 6th | July 5th | July 3rd | July 2nd | July 1st | June 30th | June 29th | June 28th | June 27th | June 26th | June 25th | June 24th | June 22nd | June 21st | June 20th pt 2 | June 20th pt 1 | June 19th | June 18th | June 17th | June 16th | June 15th
NiteOwl's Green Briefs <- Anonymous teamed up The Pirate Bay (before they sold out) to provide logistical help to the Iranians in a safe anonymous forum - the vids of Anonymous declaring 'war' on Iranian govt are interesting to watch. NiteOwl's Green Briefs are compilations of news reports straight from Iranians.
Nite Owl's live translations of the Sermon |
Who is Who | Pronouciation Guide
Green Brief #36 (July 22) | Green Brief #35 (July 21) | Green Brief #34 (July 20)
#33 (July 19) | #30 (July 16) | #29 (July 15) | #28 (July 14) | #27 (July 13) | #26 (July 12) | #25 (July 11) | #24 (July 10) | #23 (July 9) | #22 (July 8) | #21 (July 7) | #20 (July 6) | #18-#19 (July 4-5) (NiteOwl's net didn't let him access the archives of twitter (?) so it's late) | #17 (July 3) | #16 (July 2) | #15 (July 1) | #14 (June 30) | #13 (June29) | #12 (June 28) | #11 (June 27) | #10 (June 26th) | #9 (June 25) | #8 (June 24) | #7 (June 23) | #6 (June 22) | #5 (June 21) | #4 (June 20 | #3 (June 19) | #2 (June 18) | #1 (June 17)
Newspaper Articles
The Guardian
Mousavi urges Iran to release all election protesters (July 20, 2009 - Mark Tran)
Rhetoric and reality in Iran (July 20, 2009 - Massoumeh Torfeh)
Ali Khamenei warns of 'collapse' after Iran referendum calls (July 20, 2009 - Julian Borger)
Rafsanjani raises the stakes (July 20, 2009 - Masoud Golsorkhi)
Iran's illogical cruelty (July 21, 2009 - Robert Tait)
Grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini 'leaves Iran to avoid presidential inauguration' (July 21, 2009 - Robert Tait)
US will take 'crippling action' if Iran becomes nuclear, says Clinton (July 22, 2009 - Julian Borger)
Iran's supreme leader tells Ahmadinejad to sack deputy (July 22, 2009 - Ian Black)
US ready to upgrade defences of Gulf allies if Iran builds nuclear arms (July 22, 2009 - Julian Borger)
Pressure Iran to stop executions (July 22, 2009 - Peter Tatchell)
Clinton's defence umbrella (July 22, 2009 - Peter Juul)
Plane bursts into flames and crashes, killing 17 (July 24, 2009 - AP)
Haredim Jews: Poor, devout and isolated (July 24, 2009 - Ian Black)
BBC
Iranian vice-president 'sacked' (July 24, 2009)
Iranian row on Zionism breaks out (July 22, 2009 - Jon Leyne)
Turmoil has put Iran 'on hold' (July 23, 2009 - Kim Ghattas)
Iran plane fire kills at least 17 (July 24, 2009)
US pessimistic on Iran overtures (July 23, 2009)
Iran opposition unveils new group (July 23, 2009)
Los Angeles Times
Iran plane crash kills at least 16 (July 25, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Israeli warships' passage through Suez Canal causes a stir (July 24, 2009 - Jeffrey Fleishman and Batsheva Sobelman)
Iran opposition leader plans large-scale social movement (July 23, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
U.S. may put up 'defense umbrella' over Mideast (July 23, 2009 - Paul Richter)
Ahmadinejad defies Ayatollah on vice president (July 22, Borzou Daragahi)
Iranian Americans hope for a greater voice in U.S. (July 21, 2009 - Alexandra Zavis)
Iran's supreme leader warns protesters to end campaign of civil disobedience (July 21, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Iran's moderate vice president under pressure to resign (July 20, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
China says it has evidence deadly Uighur uprisings were coordinated (July 21, 2009 - Barbara Demick)
Babylon & Beyond blog: Iran: Father of shooting victim arrested for mourning his son (July 23, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: Iran: Video emerges of Tehran tensions (July 21, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: Iran security forces thwart demonstrators (July 21, 2009)
New York Times
In Iran, President's Deputy Is Stepping Down (July 24, 2009 - Robert F. Worth and Nazila Fathi)
16 Killed as Plane Burns in Iran, 9 Days After 168 Died in Crash (July 24, 2009 - Sharon Otterman)
Clinton Speaks of Shielding Middle East from Iran (July 22, 2009 - Mark Landler and David E. Sanger)
The Lede blog: Latest Updates on the Protests in Iran (July 21, 2009)
The Lede blog: For Iran's Opposition, 'Death to Russia' is the new 'Death to America' (July 20, 2009)
The Lede blog: Latest Updates on Post-Election Protests in Iran (July 17, 2009)
The Lede blog: Watching Charlie Chaplin in Tehran "The Great Dictator" speech in Farsi subtitles
Vids
Found this on iran.whyweprotest, the anon who posted it said: "moar like a persian jake gyllenhaal, amirite?" I agree, George Clooney, no, Jake Gyllenhaal, yeah.
This is a clip from one of the best films I've ever seen. I only saw it once when I was a teenager (about ten or 12 years ago) late at night on tcm and it has stuck with me for all these years. It's Charlie Chaplin's speech in The Great Dictator from 1940 in b&w glory. It is still as prevalent today as it was then.
It's funny that I posted that clip from "The Great Dictator" since it now seems to be a favorite in Iran, here is the Farsi subtitled version being passed around.
Ahmedi's VP pick was first rumored to have quit due to 'resistance' to the 'liberal's' (one who says that Iran has no problems with Israel is a pariah) appointment as the first vice-president, then he got resistance from Khamenei himself and the VP was 'fired' but still Ahmedi was resistant to getting rid of the man who was like "a pure source of water" and "one of the biggest favours from God to me is knowing" him. Finally it seems that either Ahmedi bent to all the opposition from the appointment or the VP himself quit. Either way, the guy is gone.
Big news on the Senate front of things.
Via Nico,
1:04 PM ET -- Senate passes Iran VOICE Act. Just emailed out by Sen. Joe Lieberman's office.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate voted unanimously last night to adopt bipartisan legislation that will help strengthen the ability of the Iranian people get access to news and information and overcome the electronic censorship and monitoring efforts of the Iranian regime.
Story continues below
The Victims of Iranian Censorship (VOICE) Act was introduced by Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT), Ted Kaufman (D-DE), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Robert Casey (D-PA) as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. Among the key features of the VOICE Act:
* Authorizes $30 million to the Broadcasting Board of Governors to expand Farsi language broadcasting into Iran by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty's Radio Farda and the Voice of America's Persian News Network. The funds may be used to develop additional transmission capability to counter Iranian government efforts to jam radio, satellite, and Internet-based transmissions; establish additional proxy server capability and anti-censorship software to counter efforts to block access to websites in Iran; develop technologies to counter efforts to block SMS text message exchange over cellular phone networks; and hire, on a permanent or short-term basis, additional staff for Radio Farda and the Persian News Network.
* Authorizes $20 million for a new "Iranian Electronic Education, Exchange, and Media Fund," which will support the development of technologies, including websites, that will aid the ability of the Iranian people to gain access to and share information; counter efforts to block, censor, or monitor the Internet in Iran; and engage in Internet-based education programs and other exchanges with Americans online.
* Requires a report by the President on non-Iranian companies, including corporations with U.S. subsidiaries, that have aided the Iranian government's Internet censorship efforts, including by providing deep packet inspection technology.
* Authorizes $5 million for the Secretary of State to document, collect, and dissemination information about human rights in Iran, including abuses of human rights that have taken place since the June 12 Iranian election.
July 20-23 Week post | July 18-19, 2009 post | July 17, 2009 post | July 16, 2009 post | July 15, 2009 post | July 14, 2009 post | July 13, 2009 post | July 12, 2009 post | July 11, 2009 post | July 10, 2009 post | July 9, 2009 posts | July 8, 2009 post | July 7, 2009 post | July 6, 2009 post | July 5, 2009 post | July 4, 2009 post
You guys can add links and vids that you find. I don't mind.
Important Links
Iranian Justice
Iran Tube <- Vid hosting for Iran vids
Tehran Bureau: Ayatollah Watch <- List of the Ayatollahs and which side they are on
Anonymous Intelligence Collective <- Iran information collective Iran Mapping Project
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center <- Documenting the Human Rights Violations conducted by the Iranian Government (English and Farsi)
Paul Coelho blog <- Interview with the doctor that tried to save Neda's life.
Heritage Org
All a Twitter: How Social Networking Shaped Iran's Election Protests (July 20, 2009 - James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.)
More pictures of the Friday Prayers Protest
Vid of Friday Sermon Tehran Riots
Wikinews on Rafsanjani's speech
Juan Cole <- Guy who interviewed Nico | Rafsanjani's steps to resolve Iran's crisis | Friday's Sermon Fateful for Iran
Khandaniha <- Iranian site that has video of Friday's Sermon in 7 parts
What Bernard Kouchner REALLY said about Iran
More pictures of the Friday Prayers Protest
Tehran Bureau: Vid of Friday Sermon Tehran Riots
Iran.whyweprotest: Vid of Friday Sermon Protests
Wikinews on Rafsanjani's speech
HipHop show in Berlin, in solidarity with the protest movement in Iran
Amnesty International USA: Iranian Petition
Juan Cole <- Guy who interviewed Nico | Rafsanjani's steps to resolve Iran's crisis | Friday's Sermon Fateful for Iran
Khandaniha <- Iranian site that has video of Friday's Sermon in 7 parts
Dynamic Internet Technology <- "Attack the Cyberwalls!: The Internet Is the Pathway to Democracy in Places Like Iran"
Index of 500+ vids of Iranian protests
Rooz online - Eng
Iran protest flickr page
Youtube: peivel17 <- Green Wave channel
Blogs
Keeping the Change | Flash Mobs: A New Twist on Solidarity With Iran by Maryam
Nite Owl's live translations of the Sermon
Pedestrian | July 17, 2009 Friday Sermon | Pictures & Stories | "I was there" | July 18, 2009 Now it is our turn | Unverified Reports <- Qom wants Khamenei to side with protesters
Tehran Bureau: Friday Prayers Update (July 17, 2009)
Peace With Iran <- Blog
Iranian Leftists Report of a female protester 'possibly' gang raped and murdered
Demotix <- The mighty photojournalism site Iran election page pictures of demostrations outside Iranian embassy in London
Mightier Than
ABC reporter jim sciutto's twitblog
LA Times - Babylon & Beyond First images to emerge of July 9, 2009 protests large crowd gets dispersed by teargass on July 9, 2009 protests | July 17, 2009 -> Iran: Human Rights Lawyer Shadi Sadr Arrested | Iran: In Video, anger boils over at Friday Sermon | IRAN: Full text of Rafsanjani's lengthy speech | July 18, 2009 - IRAN: U.S. addresses Tehran unrest in daily briefing | July 19, 2009 Egypt: Cleric backed by Iran charged in Egypt | IRAN: Iranian cleric sees a long-planned conspiracy in protests
iran.whyweprotest.net 18 Tir / 9 July forum thread <- lots of vids and first hand account by a protester in Iran
goftaniha.org Ex-Basij Founder's Blog being used to ID Basij - in Farsi
Ayatollah Watch <- Information on Ayatollahs
Ahmedi's takeover has been planned since 2004
Out the Basij
ID the Basiji
twit blog about how another Ayatollah has gone against the regime
Lara Setrakian - ABC News reporter's blog TEHRAN UNREST: "IT WAS NOTHING LESS THAN WAR. PRAY FOR US."
National Iranian American Council's Blog July 9, 2009 protest coverage <- vids and pics
NY Times - The Lede Blog July 9, 2009 protest coverage | Young election protester buried in Tehran <- a new Martyr
PERSIA.ORG "Struggle for a Free Iran" <- Has dedicated their front page to information on those who have been killed and detained
Iran Negah "Ezclusive views into Iranian politics & society"
University of Texas - Austin "Power of Protest: University experts condemn violence, but urge diplomacy toward Iran"
Keeping the Change | Keeping the Change FB | Nooroz News: Tehran's Morgues Reportedly Holds the Bodies of Hundreds of Dead Protesters
Ndn.org: July 15: Twitter Iran and more impressions from the front lines of the global media revolution
Mohsen Sazegara | explaining what to do and how to do the protests
1- where to go
2- how to do it
3- things to bring
4- what to do at nights
5- slogens to write
6- which marker to write with (green neon marker in this case)
~*~
Retweeters to watch
@LaraABCNews <- Reporter out of Dubai who's been in contact with Iranians
@Pray4FreeIran <- retweeter who spreads messages about Iran
@AustinHeap <- The genius behind ProxyHeap and Haystack (says that Node 1 is a go?)
@StopAdmedi <- twitter account for Mousavi supporters
@nicopitney <- I didn't know he had a twitter account
@Iran_Translator <- NiteOwl
@iranriggedelect
@tehranbereau
@bistoon <- IRGC already actively hunt him b/c of student revolt in 1999 so I can rec him
@nextrevolution
@IranAnon <- Yes it is the Iranian Anonymous crowd
@niacouncil <- National Iranian-American Council
@votersunion
@iranlaya
@iranhrdc <- Iran Human Rights Documenting Center
Useful Resources
News: NIAC Insight | Kodoom
Translations: Google Translate | TehranBroadcast.com | Translate4Iran
Helping Iranians use the web: Haystack | Tor Project (English & Farsi) | IranHelp.org (Farsi) Demonstrations: Facebook | sharearchy | WhyWeProtest
Activism: Avaaz.org | National Iranian American Council
Mousavi's main website | Mousavi's backup/English | Mousavi's FB
Haystack's how you can help digg page
Haystack <- The all powerful proxy (still in testing) Want to help? Don't know anything techwise? Then donate some cash and keep this revolution going, you may just save someone(s) life! Haystack is needing donations! Donate Here.
Haystack Network wesbite | Haystack Twitter page | Haystack needs help! |Twitter | FB
Protest Advice
Brainstorm Ideas | Downloading/Uploading Vid programs
Torrent/dl list of videos showing police brutality in Iran
Blog that has links to LA Protest that 35-50,000 people turn out
the pictures
Want to know how the power check system in Iran works? The Wall Street Journal has an excellent graph.
Bearing Witness In Iran Weighs Heavily On Cohen: Roger Cohen on NPR
Voice of the Voiceless
YekIran <- Worldwide Protest Map
Wiki on 18th Tir Protests 1999
Wiki of Iranian Election Protests
Reporters Without Borders <- List of how many reporters are in prison in Iran
Sea of Green Radio <-an 'anon' Iran blog twitter radionomy anonymous Sea of Green radio
Eng Trans of Mousavi FB that has protest instructions and routes
mowjcamp <- Mousavi/Opposition website in Farsi
Nedanet Resource Page | hacktivists software tools
Downforeveryoneorjustme <- check websites to see if it's down | service uptime <- free remote website uptime monitoring designed to help you detect website downtime
Wiki: DNS Cache Poisoning
Paryvan wiki
VANISH: Self-Destructing Digital Data burned messages for spies the digital way
Steganography Solution
EFF.org Surveillance Self-Defense International <- 6 Ideas For Those Needing Defensive Technology to Protect Free Speech from Authoritarian Regimes and 4 Ways the Rest of Us Can Help
Mightier Than Iran: The Rooftop Project <- Site trying to find vids of the roof top shoutings for every single night since the protests began.
Iran News <- One Stop Source
for News/YouTube/Blog/Political Cartoon links about Iran's Election and the aftermath (massive library of information)
The Guardian's list of dead and detained
Voice of America News
Iran 360 <- Photojournalism site
Slate's stash of Iran political cartoons
Green cd hour long video from Iran <- Split up into nine parts on iran.whyweprotest.net
Where is My Vote.org <- List or/way of organizing world wide protests
Iran Human Rights
Human Rights Activists In Iran The Latest Update on the Detainees of July 9 and a List of 90 Confirmed in Prison
fivethirtyeight.com: Iran <- Nate Silver "the guru of statistics" input on the validity of the Iranian election outcome
Google News: Iran Election - 30, 700 articles in the past month
Austin for Iran <- Site for organizing protests in Austin Texas
Map of Tehran
Petition for the release of American-Iranian Kian Tajbakhsh
OnlyMehdi Youtube page <- Lots of vids on Iran
United 4 Iran <- Protest page | @united4iran
iran.whyweprotest best articles and links
Iran Solidarity.org.uk
Amnesty International
Reporters Uncensored | Reporters Uncensored Livestream
Share that vid <- Another vid site
Live Leak <- Another vid site
Massive Video Archive of Iran Protest Footage
USA SWAT Expert Advice - It might save their lives <- on Iran.whyweprotest forum
vid on How to use police tactics against a baton | more vids on youtube <- For Iranian's in self-defense
Vids of Ahmedinejad speech on July 16, 2009 in Mashaad
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Live Blogs on Iran
The Guardian: July 17, 2009 - Iran Crisis Friday Prayers
Revolutionary Road... <- Live from Tehran UPDATES | Revolution Road FB | Twitter <- Has lots of twitpics of the Friday Sermon Protest | List of Killed, Arrested and Released as of July 22, 2009 <- There is an interactive slide that has pictures of some of the dead.
Andrew Sullivan's blog <- Political blog but he has a lot of coverage on iran. Andrew Sullivan's blog "Iran Erupts Again" Counter Targeting the Protesters Abbas Kiarostami's "10" <- Andrew Sullivan has a feature of exhibiting artists and music | Outing Iran: Marg bar <- The real meaning of Marg bar
Enduring America blog | Latest from Iran: July 18 A Victory Followed By....? | Latest from Iran: July 19 Breathing Space
Nico's Pitney's live blog on HuffPo The most excellent live blog out there. Has an absolute ton of information dating back the very first day. Filled with pictures and vids.
Nico's Iran Page (it seems he deleted off the info from July 7th but it can be found here)
Nico moved offices on Friday...I don't think there's a Saturday update
July 20, 2009
Week of July 13, 2009 | July 10, 2009 | July 9, 2009 | July 8th | July 7th | July 6th | July 5th | July 3rd | July 2nd | July 1st | June 30th | June 29th | June 28th | June 27th | June 26th | June 25th | June 24th | June 22nd | June 21st | June 20th pt 2 | June 20th pt 1 | June 19th | June 18th | June 17th | June 16th | June 15th
NiteOwl's Green Briefs <- Anonymous teamed up The Pirate Bay (before they sold out) to provide logistical help to the Iranians in a safe anonymous forum - the vids of Anonymous declaring 'war' on Iranian govt are interesting to watch. NiteOwl's Green Briefs are compilations of news reports straight from Iranians.
Nite Owl's live translations of the Sermon |
Who is Who | Pronouciation Guide
Green Brief #36 (July 22) | Green Brief #35 (July 21) | Green Brief #34 (July 20)
#33 (July 19) | #30 (July 16) | #29 (July 15) | #28 (July 14) | #27 (July 13) | #26 (July 12) | #25 (July 11) | #24 (July 10) | #23 (July 9) | #22 (July 8) | #21 (July 7) | #20 (July 6) | #18-#19 (July 4-5) (NiteOwl's net didn't let him access the archives of twitter (?) so it's late) | #17 (July 3) | #16 (July 2) | #15 (July 1) | #14 (June 30) | #13 (June29) | #12 (June 28) | #11 (June 27) | #10 (June 26th) | #9 (June 25) | #8 (June 24) | #7 (June 23) | #6 (June 22) | #5 (June 21) | #4 (June 20 | #3 (June 19) | #2 (June 18) | #1 (June 17)
Newspaper Articles
The Guardian
Mousavi urges Iran to release all election protesters (July 20, 2009 - Mark Tran)
Rhetoric and reality in Iran (July 20, 2009 - Massoumeh Torfeh)
Ali Khamenei warns of 'collapse' after Iran referendum calls (July 20, 2009 - Julian Borger)
Rafsanjani raises the stakes (July 20, 2009 - Masoud Golsorkhi)
Iran's illogical cruelty (July 21, 2009 - Robert Tait)
Grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini 'leaves Iran to avoid presidential inauguration' (July 21, 2009 - Robert Tait)
US will take 'crippling action' if Iran becomes nuclear, says Clinton (July 22, 2009 - Julian Borger)
Iran's supreme leader tells Ahmadinejad to sack deputy (July 22, 2009 - Ian Black)
US ready to upgrade defences of Gulf allies if Iran builds nuclear arms (July 22, 2009 - Julian Borger)
Pressure Iran to stop executions (July 22, 2009 - Peter Tatchell)
Clinton's defence umbrella (July 22, 2009 - Peter Juul)
Plane bursts into flames and crashes, killing 17 (July 24, 2009 - AP)
Haredim Jews: Poor, devout and isolated (July 24, 2009 - Ian Black)
BBC
Iranian vice-president 'sacked' (July 24, 2009)
Iranian row on Zionism breaks out (July 22, 2009 - Jon Leyne)
Turmoil has put Iran 'on hold' (July 23, 2009 - Kim Ghattas)
Iran plane fire kills at least 17 (July 24, 2009)
US pessimistic on Iran overtures (July 23, 2009)
Iran opposition unveils new group (July 23, 2009)
Los Angeles Times
Iran plane crash kills at least 16 (July 25, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Israeli warships' passage through Suez Canal causes a stir (July 24, 2009 - Jeffrey Fleishman and Batsheva Sobelman)
Iran opposition leader plans large-scale social movement (July 23, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
U.S. may put up 'defense umbrella' over Mideast (July 23, 2009 - Paul Richter)
Ahmadinejad defies Ayatollah on vice president (July 22, Borzou Daragahi)
Iranian Americans hope for a greater voice in U.S. (July 21, 2009 - Alexandra Zavis)
Iran's supreme leader warns protesters to end campaign of civil disobedience (July 21, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Iran's moderate vice president under pressure to resign (July 20, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
China says it has evidence deadly Uighur uprisings were coordinated (July 21, 2009 - Barbara Demick)
Babylon & Beyond blog: Iran: Father of shooting victim arrested for mourning his son (July 23, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: Iran: Video emerges of Tehran tensions (July 21, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: Iran security forces thwart demonstrators (July 21, 2009)
New York Times
In Iran, President's Deputy Is Stepping Down (July 24, 2009 - Robert F. Worth and Nazila Fathi)
16 Killed as Plane Burns in Iran, 9 Days After 168 Died in Crash (July 24, 2009 - Sharon Otterman)
Clinton Speaks of Shielding Middle East from Iran (July 22, 2009 - Mark Landler and David E. Sanger)
The Lede blog: Latest Updates on the Protests in Iran (July 21, 2009)
The Lede blog: For Iran's Opposition, 'Death to Russia' is the new 'Death to America' (July 20, 2009)
The Lede blog: Latest Updates on Post-Election Protests in Iran (July 17, 2009)
The Lede blog: Watching Charlie Chaplin in Tehran "The Great Dictator" speech in Farsi subtitles
Vids
Found this on iran.whyweprotest, the anon who posted it said: "moar like a persian jake gyllenhaal, amirite?" I agree, George Clooney, no, Jake Gyllenhaal, yeah.
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This is a clip from one of the best films I've ever seen. I only saw it once when I was a teenager (about ten or 12 years ago) late at night on tcm and it has stuck with me for all these years. It's Charlie Chaplin's speech in The Great Dictator from 1940 in b&w glory. It is still as prevalent today as it was then.
It's funny that I posted that clip from "The Great Dictator" since it now seems to be a favorite in Iran, here is the Farsi subtitled version being passed around.