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Updates From Tehran
Much of the electronic communications infrastructure of the country has been shut down — text messaging, internet connections — but there are still a few people managing to file updates: Iran, Where's My Vote page on Facebook; Tehran Bureau.
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Violent Protest Erupts In Tehran (Wall Street Journal)
“On Motahari Avenue, one of the major streets in central Tehran, three public buses were set afire by demonstrators. Syamak Izadi, 62 years old, said he was riding on the bus in central Tehran when a group of men, dressed in Mr. Mousavi's trademark green, stopped the bus and told passengers to get off. They then doused it with gasoline and set it afire, he said.”
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Video of Protesters
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Protests Flare In The Wake Of Iran's Election (New York Times)
In a statement posted on his campaign Web site, Mr. Moussavi said: “Today the people’s will has been faced with an amazing incident of lies, hypocrisy and fraud. I call on my Iranian compatriots to remain calm and patient.”
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Faulty Election Data
The election data from Iran’s Interior Ministry itself shows a perfectly linear relationship between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's votes and those of challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi — a statistical impossibility.
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Report from Lindsey Hilsum of Britain’s Channel 4 News
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Iran is in a state of protest after Friday's presidential election. With the government declaring President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the victor, riot police have attempted to suppress protest, and shut down YouTube, Facebook and cellphone use.
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Protesters vs. Protesters in Iran :(
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- Jessica Frank Iran Election Results
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Two Iranian motorcycle policemen were captured by rioters. One was (allegedly) beaten unconscious, the other was beaten, but rescued by people in the crowd. Iranian policeman beaten by rioters, saved by bystanders
- jonytk Iran Election Results and thinks it’s OMG
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Props to the Iranian people for actually putting up a fight when their elections are stolen, unlike here in the US. (I'm talking to YOU, electorate of the 2000 election.)
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Be the good guys, BF; use these links.
Nate Silver disputes the linear data
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More protest footage of huge crowds, burning barricades and baton charges by uniformed and plain clothes police The Iranian people are demanding freedom. The right to chose their President is a keystone that ensures their freedom from tyranny.
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Mousavi under house arrest
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- gran prix Iran Election Results
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I wonder how many more votes Ahmadinejad could steal if Obama let him borrow some of his ACORN campaign workers.
- plaid lemur Iran Election Results and thinks it’s WTF
- Horace Maorti Iran Election Results
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Correction: “With Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declaring Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner.”
- NelsonC Iran Election Results
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I'm having flashbacks to 2004 when I thought “There's no possible way Bush Jr could win again. No way.”
- Anna Smith Iran Election Results
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