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Election won’t change Iran

Lila Ghobady has written a powerful statement about the Iranian elections, and why the country won’t change no matter who was elected.
Why didn’t I vote in the latest elections for the president of the country of my birth, Iran? Because no matter who is the president of Iran, they would stone me!
As an Iranian woman, [...]

Iran’s all a-Twitter

Just read Clay Shirky’s perspective on the election turmoil in Iran. It’s hardly surprising he’d focus on the technological aspect.
“… this is it. The big one. This is the first revolution that has been catapulted onto a global stage and transformed by social media. I’ve been thinking a lot about the Chicago demonstrations of 1968 [...]