Events are moving so quickly in Iran that it is hard to keep up.
One reason that it is so difficult to gain a handle on what is happening is that reporters in Iran are very restricted in what they can report - or, perhaps more importantly, feels safe to do so.
Despite the regime's best efforts to restrict what is getting out of the country - be it via the internet, YouTube, twitter, sms, etc. - bloggers have been able to circumvent the limitations.
Global Voices is a wonderful source for what is happening on the ground:
"Hundreds of thousands of Iranians in Tehran and several other cities have rallied to support presidential candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi defying a government ban on demonstrations. Although Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are currently blocked in Iran, many Iranians have been using proxies to bypass filters and report up-to-the-minute news. Iranian authorities have also blocked SMS text messages, and are also filtering several news websites reflecting reformist opinions."
Meanwhile, The NY Times reports in "Social Networks Spread Iranian Defiance Online" on people are working around the regime's restrictions.
Over at The Independent, veteran journalist, author and commentator on all things Middle Eastern, Robert Fisk, explains in "Iran's day of destiny" what is happening in Iran and puts into all into some context.
One reason that it is so difficult to gain a handle on what is happening is that reporters in Iran are very restricted in what they can report - or, perhaps more importantly, feels safe to do so.
Despite the regime's best efforts to restrict what is getting out of the country - be it via the internet, YouTube, twitter, sms, etc. - bloggers have been able to circumvent the limitations.
Global Voices is a wonderful source for what is happening on the ground:
"Hundreds of thousands of Iranians in Tehran and several other cities have rallied to support presidential candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi defying a government ban on demonstrations. Although Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are currently blocked in Iran, many Iranians have been using proxies to bypass filters and report up-to-the-minute news. Iranian authorities have also blocked SMS text messages, and are also filtering several news websites reflecting reformist opinions."
Meanwhile, The NY Times reports in "Social Networks Spread Iranian Defiance Online" on people are working around the regime's restrictions.
Over at The Independent, veteran journalist, author and commentator on all things Middle Eastern, Robert Fisk, explains in "Iran's day of destiny" what is happening in Iran and puts into all into some context.
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