Tuesday, June 16, 2009

VIGIL FOR IRAN TWEEPS @Change_for_Iran -- NO WORD for 24 hours!

Many of us trying to use Twitter to support the #Green Revolution in Iran right now were following the courageous updates of a student (?) or group of students in Tehran. The last news was before they set out for the big protest yesterday, were at least 8 are confirmed killed by Basij and many accounts of innumerable wounded spreading across the Twitterverse and Blogosphere.

I am reposting Change_for_Iran's TWITTER posts in hopes that more people will mobilize to keep the flow of information coming out and going into Iran.

Got to TWITTER, you don't even need an account to see posts. But ideally sign up and help RETWEET (RT) important news about the escalating crisis and burgeoning civil war there. People's lives are on the line and I have been moved and humbled by the courage and integrity of the Iranian people, who have stood up in the face of death threats on national television to dispute a baldly fraudulent election, while we in a America did nothing when Dubya and his cronies stole the 2000 and 2004 elections. Shame on us. We obviously have a few things to learn about participatory democracy from our friends who have taken to the streets across Iran.

Please support them in any way you can. This is not about whether you like Mousavi or think his policies are in the US or whatever nation's "interests," this is about the people reclaiming their rights to be heard and counted, and to determine their leaders for themselves. We must stand by them!

SOLIDARITY with the Green Revolution!

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1. it's worth taking the risk, we're going. I won't be able to update until I'm back. again thanks for your kind support and wish us luckabout 24 hours ago from web

2. government is now playing a masterpiece mind game, all people here are so confused about what is real and who to trustabout 24 hours ago from web

3. there are now rumors of mousavi's site being hacked and the whole rally is IRG's trap. gun placements at azadi square confirmed2:37 PM Jun 15th from web

4. State TV right now: rally is illegal and Police will use iron fist against law breakers2:32 PM Jun 15th from web

5. whatever it's a trap or not we're agreed to go trying to speak with mousavi & karoubi in person.2:18 PM Jun 15th from web

6. @danrlewis it is complicated, mousavi's official site said it is cancelled but he will be there with karoubi!2:06 PM Jun 15th from web in reply to danrlewis

7. I'm not sure about going to mousavi's rally anymore, we're talking about possibilities.2:00 PM Jun 15th from web

8. IRG threaten to open fire at people if they try to participate in Mousavi's rally1:51 PM Jun 15th from web

9. http://25khordad.wordpress.... more pictures, we will upload more if internet speed gets better #Iranelection12:29 PM Jun 15th from web

10. I will update from over there, we really need to see other students & think of something. #iranelection12:01 PM Jun 15th from web

11. Masood came to say Police forces are moving outside of complex! we're going to take the chance & run to other buildings #iranelection11:57 AM Jun 15th from web

12. http://bit.ly/Aw5zA (in farsi) the news is spreading!11:53 AM Jun 15th from web

13. @VoiceofIran 23 was captured by ansar around 3am, we're in 22 right now11:47 AM Jun 15th from web in reply to VoiceofIran

14. very calm outside people just passing by looking at the police & remnants of doors & windows. #iranelection11:36 AM Jun 15th from web

15. accourding to BBC persian the weapon Ansar used was winchester hunting rifles, looks like the same at Esfahan #iranelection11:31 AM Jun 15th from web

16. @Kellye9 please RT it to me if possible.11:26 AM Jun 15th from web in reply to Kellye9

17. police still prevent us from going to other dorm buildings or attempting to exit the complex. #iranelection11:23 AM Jun 15th from web

18. Ansar troops left about an hour ago & we managed to give Reza some first aid, I guess he is OK for now. #iranelection11:19 AM Jun 15th from web

19. NOT SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE UNDER 18 ---> university of Esfahan http://bit.ly/3whaZV #iranelection11:16 AM Jun 15th from web

20. I'm not sure it's wise to share them here or not, they are absolutely +1811:09 AM Jun 15th from web

21. University of Esfahan was also under attack last night, I got some pictures from students over there but they are terrifying #iranelection11:06 AM Jun 15th from web

22. http://bit.ly/nCF2j #iranelection11:00 AM Jun 15th from web

23. I'm really out of energy & don't know when I will able to twit again. sorry I didn't answer to all of your questions & please wish us luck6:32 AM Jun 15th from web

24. sorry I can't answer to all twits. my head is spinning and Masood is killing me with the importance of his thesis files #iranelection6:28 AM Jun 15th from web

25. @RandyInman Mr.Potato lover is a lunatic selfish man think of himself as a God. so yes it does!6:26 AM Jun 15th from web in reply to RandyInman

26. it's calm now outside. no more sound of sirens or chants guess people are going to work & have no more time for revolting #iranelection6:21 AM Jun 15th from web

27. I really want to sleep right now, it's more than 48hours of rapid incidents. I wonder what mousavi is doing does he know? #iranelection6:12 AM Jun 15th from web

28. unlike Masood and others I really don't think capturing them can help us in any way. #iranelection6:10 AM Jun 15th from web

29. just received news about forging department students captured 2 Ansar troopers and moving them to another building! #iranelection6:04 AM Jun 15th from web

30. Masood says at least we can call it 25khordad and be more famous than 18tir students. I'm too much sleepy for laughing #iranelection5:54 AM Jun 15th from web

31. it's near 6am! come on amirabad people! wake up #iranelection5:47 AM Jun 15th from web

32. Reza is looking very bad & they will shoot at us again if we try to leave here. #iranelection5:44 AM Jun 15th from web

33. if what gooyanews reported is true, the situation in other buildings are far worst than us #iranelection5:40 AM Jun 15th from web

34. according to gooyanews : in whole complex: 15 badly wounded, more than 100 arrested or missing. #iranelection5:38 AM Jun 15th from web

35. 5:26AM I'm praying to GOD they leave us be! we should get Reza to a hospital Asap, he has some bad wounds. #iranelections5:28 AM Jun 15th from web

36. http://news.gooya.com/polit... (in farsi) Finally we are being seen! #iranelection5:23 AM Jun 15th from web

37. 5:17am people outside are burning Saderat bank building or as it seems from this far #iranelection5:20 AM Jun 15th from web

38. Masood is going outside & I'm shaking & feeling useless #iranelection5:11 AM Jun 15th from web

39. The KingKong (Masood named him & well deserved) is now speaking with his radio outside. probably giving or getting some orders #iranelection5:03 AM Jun 15th from web

40. the other buildings are now chanting "Ey Iran" song. #iranelection5:00 AM Jun 15th from web

41. We're trying to stop Masood from going outside! there is no way they will listen to us right now. #iranelection4:56 AM Jun 15th from web

42. Stop burning tires & trash cans! come to our aid it's getting worse than 18tir already! #iranelection4:55 AM Jun 15th from web

43. For some unknown reason there is still power in here and DSL line is working. but there is no dial tone. #iranelection4:53 AM Jun 15th from web

44. typing as fastest as I can in both English & Farsi, Still we need outside help, I really don't want to be captured by Ansar #iranelection4:49 AM Jun 15th from web

45. unfortunately the entrance door is completely destroyed and there is no way of barricading it. #iranelection4:47 AM Jun 15th from web

46. to other sources: this isn't the police! police is still outside! we're under attack by Ansar-Hezbolah. #iranelection4:42 AM Jun 15th from web

47. they used some kind of riot control gun in their last attack, never seen it before #iranelection4:41 AM Jun 15th from web

48. my friend saying more than 100 students arrested, I can't confirm this but the numbers are high #iranelection4:38 AM Jun 15th from web

49. bastards just attacked us for no reason, I lost count of how much tear gas they launched at us! #iranelection4:35 AM Jun 15th from web

50. all university's own security and personnel already evacuated by police, there are only us students in here right now. #iranelection4:30 AM Jun 15th from web

51. we have now some students with urgent need of medical attention I'm calling out to all ppl who can come here don't leave us #iranelection4:26 AM Jun 15th from web

52. trying hard to sleep, there are rumors about karoubi's march toward here! if it is true there is still hope for us! #iranelection4:18 AM Jun 15th from web

53. 4:09am from dormitory building of university of Tehran, we will wait for day light and hoping people of amirabad help us out #iranelection4:12 AM Jun 15th from web

54. there is nothing we can't do right now, police & basij forces are waiting outside blocking anyone from getting in or out #iranelection4:07 AM Jun 15th from web

55. using freegate now, nothing else working. no power in most of the buildings & cellphones & land lines are out again. #iranelection4:00 AM Jun 15th from web

56. http://bit.ly/vnz0l police will break in if you give shelter to people! #iranelection1:57 AM Jun 15th from TwitterFox

57. @monshi thanks for confirming it! I don't believe they have the courage to arrest khatami1:19 AM Jun 15th from TwitterFox in reply to monshi

58. http://bit.ly/ZV2As #iranelection12:55 AM Jun 15th from TwitterFox

59. @Robot117 IRG is not shah! it's a complete lunatic military organization! let's pray that will never happen.12:54 AM Jun 15th from TwitterFox

60. http://bit.ly/4AZ7zw Tehran Valiasr st 5:30pm after President Potato's speech #iranelection12:37 AM Jun 15th from TwitterFox

61. http://www.iranuon.net23.ne... in this photo: our beloved ex president Khatam arrested; I really hope this is fake12:04 AM Jun 15th from TwitterFox

62. @joergheber we're backed by other universities and local people of Koy district and yes we want to try again12:00 AM Jun 15th from TwitterFox in reply to joergheber

63. sorry for the name change, Guess I'm being overprotective11:39 PM Jun 14th from TwitterFox

64. Basij bastards waving Iron chains at us, my back hurts but I'm OK, we will try again around 2~3AM #iranelection11:34 PM Jun 14th from TwitterFox

65. I'm sorry people of koy for not being able to do anything, never saw so many basij forces in my life! #iranelection10:58 PM Jun 14th from TwitterFox

66. tired & beaten. we couldn't break through their wall, they were too many & we were no match for an entire army of special forces10:51 PM Jun 14th from TwitterFox

67. Students & people fighting back a large group of police & Basij right now at university of physics! I'm going to join them. #iranelection9:04 PM Jun 14th from TwitterFox

68. is there any end to police's motorcycles?! how much more we should burn?! #iranelection8:38 PM Jun 14th from TwitterFox

69. Karoubi speaking right now with people in front of his office. I hope nothing bad happens #iranelection8:36 PM Jun 14th from TwitterFox

70. http://bit.ly/2temyZ God! I really hate him! #iranelection8:32 PM Jun 14th from TwitterFox

71. @jeff_w44 we called the "lebas shakhsi" (wearing no uniforms) ,you could say they are regime's undercover agents.8:24 PM Jun 14th from TwitterFox in reply to jeff_w44

72. From Enghelab square my friend just called me, Police & unknown forces beating everybody for no apparent reason! #iranelection8:16 PM Jun 14th from TwitterFox

73. Gordanhaye Ashora (IRG's Elite infantry division) seen at Narmak in standby & fully armed with military equipment. #iranelection8:12 PM Jun 14th from TwitterFox

74. @Olive648 it was impossible to reach there! it is near ministry of national security & they have a small army protecting it!8:08 PM Jun 14th from TwitterFox in reply to Olive648

75. Security forces are now gathering a large force near university of physics #iranelection7:54 PM Jun 14th from web

76. I'm feeling angry & also depressed seeing him lying so easlly & wearing OUR COLOR on TV #iranelection6:52 PM Jun 14th from web

77. Ahmadynezad now calls himself "seyed" (bloodline of prophet mohammad) & wearing a green shawl on state TV! unbelievable! #IranElection6:43 PM Jun 14th from web

78. http://i40.tinypic.com/oiha... Vali-Asr street #IranElection6:33 PM Jun 14th from web

79. From Qom: Reformist grand ayatolah Saneyi is in house arrest and his office phones lines answered by ministry of Intel #iranelection6:29 PM Jun 14th from web

80. Karoubi does NOT recognize Ahmadinejad as President, and declares the election VOID & urges people to stand #iranelection6:27 PM Jun 14th from web

81. President Potato showing his evil powers on national TV right now! speaking of peace & justice! #iranelection6:24 PM Jun 14th from web

82. IRG's helicopter flying low on yousefabadad Amirabad Gisha right now creating a devastating sound and making windows shake #IranElection6:12 PM Jun 14th from web

83. http://gharinaz.persianblog... #Iranelection6:08 PM Jun 14th from web

84. We can't just risk loosing mousavi because it could be a trap! his core support was always us students! #IranElection11:05 AM Jun 14th from web

85. I'm going inside the building to inform the others, I hope we can get out peacefully with university's bus, we must be there at 12:3010:42 AM Jun 14th from web

86. I guess we should all go, after all he is the real president #iranelection10:26 AM Jun 14th from web

87. according to rumor mousavi requested all people to gather near his office at 12:30 pm today.10:25 AM Jun 14th from web

88. there is a rumor now in Farsi twitting community about mousavi being seen after 12h of no known location #iranelection10:20 AM Jun 14th from web

89. still no working cellphones here and wireless speed is awful #iranelection10:17 AM Jun 14th from web

90. it's 9:54 AM -Amirabad street near Pasargad bank and to be honest I don't have the courage to leave the roof right now #iranelection9:57 AM Jun 14th from web

91. @ahmadinejad no wonder you are OK Mr president 24.5M9:43 AM Jun 14th from TwitterFox in reply to ahmadinejad

92. I'm dizzy but ok. some people are getting shelter in the nearby unfinished bank building. police arresting a middle aged man9:41 AM Jun 14th from web

93. my eyes are burning hard to keep them open #iranelection9:16 AM Jun 14th from web

94. tear gas #iranelection9:01 AM Jun 14th from web

95. Down with the dictator! Mousavi, Karoubi; support us! #iranelection9:00 AM Jun 14th from web

96. police demanding people to move their cars and start crashing car windows. more people are coming. I will try to get a better view8:48 AM Jun 14th from web

97. some people are now parking their cars in middle of the street trying to block the vans. #iranelection8:46 AM Jun 14th from web

98. from the looks of it they are waiting to arrest all the students! it's also explains the vans8:44 AM Jun 14th from web

99. Police is trying to stop people from gathering around while Intel guys still holding a line in front of the gates #iranelection8:35 AM Jun 14th from web

100. http://twitpic.com/7c85l #iranelection8:32 AM Jun 14th from web

101. just receive http://bit.ly/17SDk4 from a friend. can't check it out myself. hope it's not fake. #Iranelection8:20 AM Jun 14th from web

102. they are starting their motorbikes now. I can't see where they are going. #iranelection8:14 AM Jun 14th from web

103. my brother thinks they are after a student council activist. the council known as Tahkime Vahdat and belongs to president era. #iranelection8:05 AM Jun 14th from web

104. I guess the Intel ministry guy is trying to convince university's security to open the gates #iranelection7:56 AM Jun 14th from web

105. I'm currently on rooftop with my laptop, most of the city is now looking calm except university of Economy building. #IranElection7:53 AM Jun 14th from web

106. there were more troops inside the vans and now starting to create a line in front of the only entrance of the building #iranelection7:48 AM Jun 14th from web

107. no reports from any other part of Tehran, we're all waiting for a move from mousavi or karoubi. #iranelection7:42 AM Jun 14th from web

108. Internet barely works, Speed is near 2kbps #iranelection7:34 AM Jun 14th from web

109. they are joining with police motorcycles in front of student's dormitory buildings firefighters are leaving the area right now #iranelection7:33 AM Jun 14th from web

110. black riot guards with black vans, it's my first time seeing this people, no badges! probably Intel ministry #iranelection7:25 AM Jun 14th from web

111. 7am news, still nothing about protests & clashes on TV. #iranelection7:09 AM Jun 14th from web

112. all cellphones now read: Emergency only - No Service! #iranelection6:57 AM Jun 14th from web

113. 6:47 am, police is speaking with students inside dormitory buildings of university of Tehran with speaker. #iranelection6:49 AM Jun 14th from web

114. @matthew951 we're using twitterfox! thanks for the note!6:40 AM Jun 14th from web in reply to matthew951

115. Ahmadinejad & his supporters will celebrate their victory today at 5pm local time in Valiasr square & we will try to ruin his party!6:37 AM Jun 14th from web

116. Major General Jafari, commander of IRG said he will not let mousavi's green movement to harm Islamic revolution's ethics #iranelection6:27 AM Jun 14th from web

117. @LovLesmile Internet access in Iran is based on land lines not sat dishes!6:12 AM Jun 14th from web in reply to LovLesmile

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