Videos from Aug 5, 2009 – Tehran Bureau: Via Tehran Bureau.

Wednesday August 5 2009 is Ahmadinejad swearing in ceremony

A collection of videos theoretically from August 5th. Most are rather short.

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How Geeks (and Non-Geeks) Can Help Iranians Online: Via Tehran Bureau.

As a way to counter this censorship, there already is a growing legion of people worldwide who are helping Iranians improve access to the heavily-filtered and significantly slower Internet.

Some have installed a piece of software called Tor on their home computers.

Tor lets its users be anonymous and secure online, and also circumvents the Iranian government’s filtering system. Tor users in Iran require that other Tor users around the world have their computers configured to act as a “relay,” to pass on Iranians’ data and hide it from the prying eyes of the Tehran government. But even setting up a Tor relay requires a little bit of technical knowledge.

Andrew Lewman, executive director of The Tor Project, says that his organization has been seeing around 2,000 new users from Iran each day — about a 10-fold increase since prior to the election.
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The Man in the Shadow: Mojtaba Khamenei: Via Tehran Bureau.

[TEHRAN BUREAU] Despite the transparency of your positions [regarding various issues], there have been reports that your respected son — Mr. Sayyed Mojtaba — has supported one of the candidates [in the presidential elections]. Then, I heard that a high official has told you that, “Your son has supported one of the candidates” [implying that he had carried out his father’s order], to which you have reportedly responded, “He is his own man, not just my son,” which made it clear that [his] support was his own personal view [and preference, and not yours].

At the same time there were reports about his [Mojtaba’s] support for another candidate — whose star suddenly dimmed three days before the elections and [the] kindness and support moved toward the other candidate — and that he [Mojtaba] had even had an active role in the campaign of that candidate [before switching to the other candidate]. You are well aware that the unwise intervention of the relatives and aids of some religious and political officials in the past [elections] has had very negative consequences for the political establishment and the nation.
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A View from the Frontline: Via Tehran Bureau.

[TEHRAN BUREAU] Last week, a group of friends and I organized a medical team to help the wounded and injured in the streets. As we sewed up gashes and patched up wounds on the beautiful battered faces of our dear Iranians, we kept asking ourselves, “What have they become? Have they no regard for the life for a fellow human being? For the life of a fellow countryman? For the life of a neighbor? For the life of a cousin? For the life of a brother? For the life of a sister?”

It wasn’t long before Basij militiamen took away our identity cards. After reporting us to the university, I was called in by a disciplinary committee and reprimanded. I was told I had put my future career and even my life in jeopardy. I was told to think about the consequences of my actions.

As I left the committee members, the events of the past two weeks fell into place:
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Imprisoned Iranian Journalists and Politicians: Via Tehran Bureau .

[TEHRAN BUREAU] Since June 13, the start of nationwide demonstrations and protests against Iran’s rigged presidential elections began, a clampdown on many of the leading reformist politicians, as well as journalists and bloggers, has been under way. Many have been arrested and imprisoned.

There are strong rumors that some of them, including Messrs Tajzadeh, Ramazanpour, and Aminzadeh (see below), are under strong pressure to “confess” to planning the demonstrations well in advance of the elections, and having “connections” with foreign powers. The following is a list of those whose arrest and imprisonment have been confirmed, together with a brief background for each.

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Editor: Go to the original site for an up to date list. Sorry for the extra step, but if I copied it, it would soon be out of date.
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