Vermont Public Radio's Steve Zind is not in Iran, but he has family and friends there, and via Twitter has been passing along instant messages and other news he has received from the streets of Tehran over the last couple of days. It has the immediacy and confusion of live reportage…..
- Mousavi posting photos of police presence on streets in Tehran Sat. http://bit.ly/19RD8l.
4:51 AM Jun 13th from web - Iran leader Khamenei tweeting "Important message about election" (in Farsi). He has 51 followers and follows NO ONE. Its lonely at the top.
4:57 AM Jun 13th from web - Sup. Leader tells Ahmadinejad opponents to stand down. Mousavi urges 'resistance'. Gunshots now reported in a Tehran square (unconfirmed).
5:39 AM Jun 13th from web - Protesters confront police today in Tehran http://bit.ly/aeGvR. Points up immediacy & reach of YouTube also limitations w/out reportage.
7:12 AM Jun 13th from web - IM from friend near van ack sq in N Tehran: '(demonstrations) very chaotic, not organized. police are chasing students and ordinary people"
8:27 AM Jun 13th from web - Wash. post reporter tweets: "saw 3 burned buses"...says there is report of man killed by police near vanak sq.
9:08 AM Jun 13th from web - Mousavi tweets: "Dear Iranian People, Mousavi has not left you alone, he has been put under house arrest by Ministry of Intelligence"
5:21 PM Jun 13th from web - Robert Fisk of the Independent writes from the thick of in it Tehran: http://bit.ly/159NLn
5:48 AM Jun 14th from web - From Tehran friend today : "went to buy the paper; note says two [reformist] papers are closed by government. Please don't ask for them."
8:14 AM Jun 14th from web - From Tehran: "I don't feel our votes for Mousavi were in vain. With them we have exposed the truth about our government."
about 22 hours ago from web - 5pm in Tehran. People gathering for protest march. "Friends say its messy" says a friend on his way. Rumors Khatami, Mousavi will be there.
about 9 hours ago from web - I am NOT in Iran, as someone reported. Too many rumors going around!
about 7 hours ago from web - Reports from Tehran demonstration in past 15 minutes of shots fired.
about 5 hours ago from web - estimate of Tehran rally range from 10s of thousands to 1.5 million. AP reports 1 dead. friend tells me of weekend demos in Shiraz.
about 3 hours ago from web - A friend in Tehran "just back from Azadi Sq. they were shooting at people in front of my own eyes!!" (unclear if rubber or real bullets)
about 3 hours ago from web - More from friend in Tehran: "I saw three people being shot couldn't tell if they were limp because of injury or were killed."
about 2 hours ago from web - to clarify these shootings not at but near the demo . He saw people burning a police building. he says they were shot by police on the roof
about 2 hours ago from web - He says: "After carrying the shot individuals back, they stormed the building again. Another group of people came toward the building ..."
about 2 hours ago from web - "They had a man in IRGC [revol. guard] uniform they were beating him and kicking him. I was watching from 20 m away when all of a sudden ...
about 2 hours ago from web - "10-20 baton twirling bikers attacked the people. I ran away, as far and as fast as I could."
about 2 hours ago from web
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