The result has been two long days of tension and violence:
More video here.
The good guys can still win this one:
Mir Hossein Mousavi’s, the main reformist rival to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, letter to the important ayatollahs in the holy city of Qom, asking them to protest the fraud and declare it against Islam, has sparked protests by the ayatollahs and clerics as well.
The Association of Combatant Clerics, which consists of moderate and leftist clerics and includes such important figures as former president Mohammad Khatami, Ayatollah Mohammad Mousavi Khoiniha, and Grand Ayatollah Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardabili, issued a strongly-worded statement, calling the results of the election valid.
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Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei, a progressive cleric and a confidante of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, has declared that Mr. Ahmadinejad is not the legitimate president and cooperation with him, as well as working for him, are haraam (against Islam and a great sin). He has also declared that any changes in the votes by unlawful means are also haraam. Several credible reports indicate that he has traveled to Tehran in order to participate in nationwide protests scheduled for Monday (June 18). It is said that he has planned a sit-in in some public place, in order to further protest election fraud. His website has been blocked.
I've been trying to follow here:
http://tehranlive.org/
http://www.memeorandum.com/
http://tehranbureau.com/
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/
http://www.michaeltotten.com/
More as I find it.
Update: Apparently, the government has taken down one of these resources with DoS. Per a recent tweet:
problem w/ site pinpointed: webmaster says the Iranian govt is overloading us
with requests to disable our site: "denial of service attack".
Update 2: Twitter is apparently the single best resource for the latest news. Warning, some of it is hard to read
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