Dying in Tehran

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This is a very disturbing, graphic video clip of the scenes in Iran today on June 20th. It gives a sense of the chaos and the massive involvement of regular citizens. This just in from a dependable source over twitter: Fatemiyeh Hospital Tehran: 30-40 dead as of 11pm; 200 injured. Police taking names of injured….

Drama in Iran Permeates All Discussions in DC

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(photo credit: David Bass) International political consultant David Bass, CNN’s Edie Emery, Bloomberg’s uber connected PR diva Judith Czelusniak, Hollywood on the Potomac’s Janet Donovan, and Politico’s Mike Allen had a “recovery brunch” this morning in Georgetown following the pretty incredible MSNBC After Party festivities following the Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner with Barack…

Saturday in Tehran

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There are scattered reports being texted out of Iran that a massive police presence has blocked Mousavi-supporting protesters from entering the large square. Many reports of people shot — and many beatings. The basiji are using tear gas and reportedly gassed a crowd of 3000 people to make them disperse.

The Four Iran Scenarios and “Basiji Hunting”

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One of my colleagues at the New America Foundation’s Global Strategic Finance Initiative, Douglas Rediker, received this note from a friend abroad. It’s illuminating as to how a well-connected Iranian internationalist who has been in Tehran during much of the post-election unrest sees matters now.

More Dispatches from Tehran: An Anonymous Student Reports

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Dispatches from Tehran — The Metro Ride — sent 11:27 am, 19 June 2009 The crowd pushes in. I think of those scenes from Tokyo of the metro officers, the ones with the white gloves squeezing and packing with all their might. We are all arms, legs, elbows.

TWN Guest Blogger “Shane M” in New York Times: Old Polls are Like Week Old Stale Bagels

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For the last several days, I have been running “dispatches” from an anonymous student in Tehran. Through The Washington Note, he has developed an enormous audience interested in his on-site, real time observations of the post-election convulsions in Iran.