Following Iran On The Internet #iranelection
2009 June 23
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The situation in Iran has kept many of us glued to the news trying to get an insight on what’s going on. Here are some of the best sources that I’ve found.
Live Blogs/Sites
- Huffington Post – The most updated blog source, the author gathers info from other blogs, articles, Tweets, Youtube videos, and email readers.
- NIAC – Only English live blog that’s written by Iranians. The information here is more accurate & confirmed than other sites.
- The Daily Dish – Great collection of posts, has many op-ed articles.
- Guardian Blog – They’ve been having a new live-blog everyday, and they link to many interesting BBC posts.
- Mousavi’s Official Site – This is in Persian, there’s been “rumors” that the site has been hacked, but it looks like those were false.
- Mousavi’s Facebook Page – We don’t know who the admin of this page is. It’s fairly accurate, but not everything should be considered as official posts.
- http://twitter.com/iranbaan – Mostly in Persian, probably the most reliable & confirmed account on Twitter. Very up-to-date.
- http://twitter.com/tehranbureau – Cites many sources from Iran, not always confirmed news.
- http://twitter.com/persiankiwi – I can’t tell where this user is from, but the info is more or less accurate.
- http://twitter.com/jimsciuttoABC – Reliable ABC News Reporter who was in Iran during the elections.
- http://twitter.com/LaraABCNews – Reliable ABC News Reporter.
- #iranelection Search – This is, of course, the top trending topic on Twitter for the last 2 weeks. You can search & find many postings here. Unfortunately it’s almost impossible to confirm anything. There are also many pro-govt accounts who are posting fake info.
Photos
- http://twitpic.com/photos/madyar – Updated postings, many of them graphic.
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/mousavi1388
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/kosoof
There are many other sources of information from Persian-only news sites, but I figure other Iranians know where to go for that info instead of me posting them here. I believe this whole situation will take many months to resolve itself, and there will be times that the flow of information or photos/videos will be slow. If you have other good site suggestions, please share them in the comments!
