You say you want a revolution.

Rapid fire post.

The legitimacy of the Iranian presidential elections have come into question. With an average age of 26, Iran seemed poised to make a swing to the left and vote the polarizing Ahmadinejad out of office.

After extending polling hours three seperate times on June 12 because of an estimated 80% voter turnout, the Iranian gov't declared Ahmadinejad the winner after only one hour into the tedious task of counting the paper ballots. Sounds a little shady to me.

Opposition canadite Mousavi's supporters seem to agree. After hearing about the election "results" they took to the streets.

In order to suppress the backlash, the Iranian gov't has cut off Mousavi supporter groups' websites, all of Facebook, and all text messaging services in the Persian country. In addition to that, they've severely limited the ability to make international calls in an attempt to slow down the international press.

Buuutttttt....they for got about Twitter. Lots of great raw info coming out through the social media site. Damn it's great to live in the 21st century!

Current list of Iranians who are Twittering.


BBC video of protesters running off secret police so BBC can film.

Time.com: Was Ahmadinejad's Win Rigged?

Time.com: Photos from Tehran

Video of Iranian protesters burning an Iranian cop's bike then saving the same cop from being mauled by the rest of the protesters.

Will post updates when I can.