Tag Iran protests

Iran protests. Huge coverage by Twitter and blogs

Mashable has the numbers and graphs Twitter: 221,744 “Iran” tweets in one hour Blogs: 2,250,000 blog posts on Iran in 24 hours YouTube: 3000 Iran videos uploaded in one day These trends clearly demonstrate that social media has been front-and-center…

Iran protests going beyond the election now

Juan Cole: Protesters are even now targeting Khamenei directly, not just denouncing dictatorship, according to Robert Tait at the Guardian, chanting, ‘”Seiyed Ali Pinochet, Chile Iran nemishe” (Seiyed Ali Pinochet, Iran won’t become Chile).’ This chant is consistent with a…