News Cut: June 14, 2009 Archive

Dateline: Iran

Posted at 5:27 PM on June 14, 2009 by Bob Collins (0 Comments)

Mainstream news organizations are reportedly being told to pack up and get out of Iran. New media, you're on!

"Telephone report from my wife - They are open firing on the crowd. The police are refusing entry into the hospitals unless it is the basij. refusing wounded protesters saying; 'You Deserve To Die', a post on Tehranbureau says. The blog, however, is not in Iran.

Adventures of Mr. Behi is written by a former political blogger in Iran. He's now based in The Hague.

Tehran24 (Amir Sadeghi) is providing images -- and very compelling ones at that. Here's a sample of the video:

From Tehran With Love has been getting some pictures out but reported very slow Internet speeds.

Here at home, Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight.com takes a look at some of the statistical evidence that the election was rigged and finds it wanting.

You can try your luck with Twitter but the signal/noise ratio is not particularly helpful at the moment.

This Flickr feed also has some updated images.

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