Posted by: Team RootsHQ in technology, Iran on
Jun 13, 2009
Violent protests erupted across Iran today following an election where current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed victory under suspicious circumstances. In protests unlike anything Iran has seen in 30 years, protesters took to the streets and clashed with riot police.
At the same time, traditional, large, international media agencies have been largely inadequate. CNN in particular seems to be almost willfully dismissive of the protests, with large headlines about Bonnaroo and "America's Best Burgers" but only small captions regarding the current political insurgence.
In the spirit of new media, below are several online sources either on the ground in Iran or with a great deal of familiarity with the situation. We are trying to verify that these sources are legitimate, so please double check any information from them that seems implausible.
