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David In Indy:
I've been pinned to my TV. I've also been tweeting quite a bit over at Twitter.

The current news from Iran (as best as I can tell) is that the Basiji are mostly foreigners (most are speaking Arabic), the Basiji have been marking the homes of the protesters so they can return later to beat and arrest them, Neda was only 16 years old and she was shot in front of her father by the Basiji and has since become the face of the opposition, raids have been conducted at night in Iranian homes (CNN aired an appalling video of one of these raids... you could hear the women and children screaming) and the protesters plan to return to the streets tomorrow.

Have you been monitoring the protests via the Internet and the news channels?

sel:
I have had a working experience with a foreign company in Iran almost 20 years ago. I am thinking of some of the people I worked with, in particular of a young family I used to know.
We always detected a lot of unhappiness. On one occasion I got stopped in the street by the Pasdarans (not sure about spelling), the guards of the 1979 revolution,  because of my hair coming out from under the scarf. Having got stopped for so little I can well imagine the suppression now.

David In Indy:

--- Quote from: sel on June 21, 2009, 03:48:56 am ---I have had a working experience with a foreign company in Iran almost 20 years ago. I am thinking of some of the people I worked with, in particular of a young family I used to know.
We always detected a lot of unhappiness. On one occasion I got stopped in the street by the Pasdarans (not sure about spelling), the guards of the 1979 revolution,  because of my hair coming out from under the scarf. Having got stopped for so little I can well imagine the suppression now.


--- End quote ---

{{{{SEL}}}}}

The sharing of your experiences in Iran would be invaluable. :-*

I have several Iranian friends here in Indianapolis. They have been watching the events in Iran closely. I hope everything turns out okay over there and no more people are injured or killed.

a few recent tweets I've received from Iran....

We going to Azadi Square now in Tehran. Pray for us! Today is our INDEPENDENCE DAY from tyranny! ...


another tweet....

Today is r INDEPENDNCE frm tyranny n Iran! Thank u World! #IranElection

Heartbreaking... scary... and inspiring! All at the same time!

Kelda:
I am not on twitter but having been following Iran issue via the BBC news website.. but just online today for the first time since Friday afternoon so must get caught up on the news on it..

jstephens9:
Actually I have not been following it closely at all. I guess it is one of those things where I really don't know of anyone from Iran so it seems a long way awat for me. I know that what is going on there is terrible, but beyond that I don't know much about the details.

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