Iranian protests taken by BBC World Service on flickr

Iranian protests taken by BBC World Service team on our flickr stream, click for more photos

Citizen journalism is making its way out of Iran despite reports that twitter and facebook have been blocked by the authorities.  This is centred around the protests there  following the elections, which saw Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-elected as president.

Parokee in Iran just joined bbcyourstory as a follower on twitter and I’ve asked if he wants to write a few words on this blog.  He has contributed to World Have Your Say before.

We are running thoughts from ordinary on Iranians in a series called My Iran.

This is an excellent round up here of what is happening on the internet which includes mobile phone footage of a protest being broken up by police with truncheons on motorbikes.   Read the latest tweets on the Iran election here.