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دنیارابگوییدچطورآنهاانتخاباتمان دزدیده اند

Tell the world how they have stolen our election

If you somehow don't know what's going on, there are mass protests in Iran right now. On Friday, millions of people voted and, even though Mousavi (who is progressive and stands for change and positive relations with the rest of the world) was winning by two-thirds, all of a sudden the results changed and Ahmadinejad (who leads the oppressive existing regime) had 68%. The election was stolen.

But, for the first time in a very long time, the Iranian people fought back. People almost immediately took to the streets, shouting 'Death to the dictator!' and 'Allah o akbar.' They came together to protest peacefully. The police started attacking, but they didn't let that stop them. Riots started, the shouting kept going all night. Test messaging has been disabled, information-sharing sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are blocked, satellite is down. At 5AM Arabic-speaking soldiers from Lebanon (Arabic is not the Iranian language - that's Farsi) stormed a major university in Tehran. Five sleeping students were killed, many more were injured. 192 members of the university faculty have resigned in protest.

Mousavi requested that a peaceful protest be allowed, but the request was denied, so a lot of people thought it wouldn't happen. However, at first a few thousand people showed up on the streets of Tehran this morning, and at this point it's estimated that between 1 and 2 million people are out there. Mousavi spoke, the police stood by, and at first it was peaceful.

Now people are dying, getting shot and beaten in the street. People in Iran who have found a way to access Twitter are sharing photos and news. The Green Revolution is on.

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