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Here are a few more interesting links I’ve been coming across..
This video apparently showing an attack on University dorms – the BBC has not been able to verify this video but there have been reports of Basiji attacks on university dorms. Advice from BBC Persian is that this footage tallies with information it has confirmed about incidents like this taking place.
Richard Sambrook – Director of BBC Global News tweeted, “BBC receiving “5 videos a minute” from Iran http://tinyurl.com/mm9zfs #iranelections”
Flickr photo slideshow from Iran
The World Today spoke to a Tehran resident this morning – listen to her here.
Watch BBC Persian TV on the livestream.
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.
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