Tag Iran election

Iran bans protests. The people respond

HuffPo liveblogs the protest Andrew Sullivan’s coverage has been amazing and comprehensive Twitter search for iranelection remains the best way to get real time news Also, Meanwhile, US cable news coverage has been pathetic. Today, as global geopolitics…

Civil war between ruling class in Iran?

Washington Note cites a “well-connected Iranian” who thinks so. My contact predicted serious violence at the highest levels. He said that Ahmadinejad is now genuinely scared of Iranian society and of Mousavi and Rafsanjani. The level of tension between them…

Iran updates

Photo from TehranLive.org via Scoble on Friendfeed who says “This photo should win a Pulitzer Prize. I never expected to see photos like this one come out of Iran. Amazing” Active Twitterers in Iran Join the Denial of Service attack…

The day Twitter kicked CNN’s behind

Scoble Yesterday is the day when Twitter thoroughly beat CNN. Badly beat CNN. Embarrassingly beat CNN. And most other USA-based media too. Yup. If you wanted real news about Iran yesterday (and today too), you won’t find much on mainstream…