The unfortunate recent protests in Iran that have led to deaths and many injured people are thankfully gradually calming. Peaceful protests and a day of mourning are expected after the presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi called for a day of rememberance for the eight people killed in the Iranian capital Tehran.
There has been shock and outrage following President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad being re-elected with almost two-thirds of the votes on 12 June, but the opposition have claimed that there was widespread fraud. Many protesters have gone to the streets with signs saying 'Where is my vote?', a reference to about a million votes going missing.
Due to foreign media being given restrictions on attending and reporting on demonstrations and many traditional media being banned in Iran, the people have started telling their own stories. Although Facebook has been blocked because of its popularity with reform supporters, Twitter has seen mass followers on tags like 'IranElection' and Youtube has seen an increase in video uploads from Iran of protests and demonstrations being filmed on mobile phones. These videos have been able to reach a global audience and gives the Iranian people the chance to show what they haven't been given the opportunity to say.
Hopefully the violence and anger from the last few days are over and a solution can be found with more peace present in the country.
There has been shock and outrage following President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad being re-elected with almost two-thirds of the votes on 12 June, but the opposition have claimed that there was widespread fraud. Many protesters have gone to the streets with signs saying 'Where is my vote?', a reference to about a million votes going missing.
Due to foreign media being given restrictions on attending and reporting on demonstrations and many traditional media being banned in Iran, the people have started telling their own stories. Although Facebook has been blocked because of its popularity with reform supporters, Twitter has seen mass followers on tags like 'IranElection' and Youtube has seen an increase in video uploads from Iran of protests and demonstrations being filmed on mobile phones. These videos have been able to reach a global audience and gives the Iranian people the chance to show what they haven't been given the opportunity to say.
Hopefully the violence and anger from the last few days are over and a solution can be found with more peace present in the country.
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