Eyewitness Accounts of Iran Protests on Twitter

Posted by Tana Ganeva, AlterNet at 11:47 AM on June 15, 2009.

For up to the minute reports from Iran, check out this Twitter feed.

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The Iranian government has tried to clamp down on coverage of the protests, shutting down websites, blocking access to social media sites and intimidating foreign reporters. But first-hand accounts are nevertheless proliferating on Twitter (text-messaging has been shut down, but many eye-witnesses are getting their stories out through proxy servers.)

For up-to-the-minute coverage of the protests, check out this Twitter feed:

Caveat: This feed is obviously unedited, so not everything can be verified.

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