Direct from Tehran, despite the crackdown

The Iranian authorities are trying very hard to control information about the post-election protests. Hani, one of our reformist Observers in Tehran, however, has managed to send us this webcam video, explaining how they are going about it.

We didn't want to rebel, but we want freedom, democracy and equality. We can't use the internet to get the news, all websites have been filtered and mobiles are jammed. FriendFeed, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and all social networks are also filtered. All the news agencies are also filtered and some newspapers have closed.

[The authorities] have lowered internet speed to such a low rate that we cannot follow the news with it. Our state media is also cooperating with the government — they don't show any news at all. All these things signify what we're going through right now.”

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All I want to know is,are

Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Wed, 17/06/2009 - 18:41.

All I want to know is,are the "reformist's" wanting to stop nuclear development of heavy water reactors and atomic weapons research?,If not,I say keep ole ramalamadingdong or whatever his mother named him, at least he is easily read in the media

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i have to say i agree with

Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Thu, 18/06/2009 - 20:32.

i have to say i agree with you. it's a bit of a catch-22. i do care for human rights, but my ultimate interest is the safety of America and our citizens.

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first off all you

Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Wed, 17/06/2009 - 21:01.

first off all you disrespecting somebody's name if you agree with him or not is not what i call a intelligent start of a conversation

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not about nuclear

Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Wed, 17/06/2009 - 20:42.

This is about people losing the little amount of choice they had in their government, and freesom of speech. Its not about nuclear weapons or anything outside of Iran. But be sure, a non-democratic government is always a lot more unpredictable and unstable than a democracy, so safety of the whole world is also in danger, if Iran turns into a total dictatorship.

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Shut the hell up and stop

Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Wed, 17/06/2009 - 20:41.

Shut the hell up and stop believing everything you hear on TV. The Iranians have a right to that technology if they so choose. Regardless of what they do with it.

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AGREED!

Submitted by siri (not verified) on Thu, 18/06/2009 - 01:28.

Neither the US nor any other country has ANY right to tell Iran whether it can have nuclear ANYTHING or not.
it's no one's business but their own.
when US disarms all it's nukes, THEN it can speak of that to others.

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Why black out.

Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Wed, 17/06/2009 - 21:41.

I am with you bro.

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exefilez.com

Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Fri, 03/07/2009 - 19:27.

exefilez.com

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if the usa didnt have

Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Wed, 17/06/2009 - 20:52.

if the usa didnt have nuclear powers ... would you think that they would listen to rusia or any other country... or do you think they would make them asap as they want to defend them selfs..
tricky ey ;)

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It does not matter. The USA

Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Wed, 17/06/2009 - 21:13.

It does not matter. The USA doesn't pursue their own war criminals, the USA under Bush broke every important nuclear anti-proliferation agreement, and most importantly it does not matter at all because this is about the Iranian people, not about any corrupt or power-hungry politican.

At any rate, ignore what the idiots in the USA say. The world is larger than USA alone, however it is apparant that Iran is a dictatorship.

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