The Velveteen Saint (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} velveteen) wrote,@ 2009-06-16 12:21:00 |
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Images from Tehran
The story thus far:
-Iran's elections close.
-The incumbent President, predicted to lose in the polls, declares for himself a landslide victory.
-The reigning religious leader and supreme authority, an opponent of the challenging candidate, endorses the victory.
-The country's access to the Internet and foreign media is shut down.
-Martial law is declared in the university.
-The police and the government's private militia go to war against demonstrators in the street in Iran's largest street demonstration since the 1979 revolution.
-Now.
Naturally, hackers are using Twitter to circumvent the gov't ban on electronic transmission. CNN and Reuters are already WTOing this bad boy, implying that the protesters are just a bunch of sore losers because their guy lost in a landslide. Stay informed.
The story thus far:
-Iran's elections close.
-The incumbent President, predicted to lose in the polls, declares for himself a landslide victory.
-The reigning religious leader and supreme authority, an opponent of the challenging candidate, endorses the victory.
-The country's access to the Internet and foreign media is shut down.
-Martial law is declared in the university.
-The police and the government's private militia go to war against demonstrators in the street in Iran's largest street demonstration since the 1979 revolution.
-Now.
Naturally, hackers are using Twitter to circumvent the gov't ban on electronic transmission. CNN and Reuters are already WTOing this bad boy, implying that the protesters are just a bunch of sore losers because their guy lost in a landslide. Stay informed.
