The main story, the short version: There were fixed/sham elections re-electing Ahmedinejad. However, it looks like the people won't stand for it, and there have been widespread protests and violence, and de facto martial law declared in the capital.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/ ... index.html
Some much more interesting primary sources:
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/bahramks/RiotsInTehran#
http://iran.twazzup.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2 ... g_now.html
Who wants to watch a theocratic dictatorship deal with a revolutionary uprising over twitter feeds and firsthand pictures and video today? It's 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwri ... 45130.html short NYT piece about CNN's failure and how people are using twitter to bypass the middle man.
Also I've been reading a lot of rumors about all foreign media being kicked out of the country and offices getting raided.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/ ... index.html
Some much more interesting primary sources:
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/bahramks/RiotsInTehran#
http://iran.twazzup.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2 ... g_now.html
Who wants to watch a theocratic dictatorship deal with a revolutionary uprising over twitter feeds and firsthand pictures and video today? It's 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwri ... 45130.html short NYT piece about CNN's failure and how people are using twitter to bypass the middle man.
Also I've been reading a lot of rumors about all foreign media being kicked out of the country and offices getting raided.