Al-Jazeera English Live Report on Iran Protests

[tekisui]

Reporting one killed, others injured, in explosion near Khomeni Shrine in Tehran. Follow live:

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

[jefferson_dem]

1. AJ has the best coverage right now.

Also, for our Farsi-speaking DUers, try http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/tv/2009/01/000000_ptv_live_s.shtml

[wordpix]

6. agree - and unlike the BushCo portrayals they appear very even-handed

[tekisui]

2. Mousavi and Karoubi did not attend meeting with council this morning.

Were they fearing their safety?

[eShirl]

3. also streaming here

http://www.livestation.com/channels/3-al_jazeera_english

(I was too lazy to download RealPlayer for the first link)

[rainbow4321]

4. Here's is a link for BBC Persian---video from today

http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/06/090620_og_tehran_shooting.shtml

[wordpix]

7. OMG

[wordpix]

8. when was this footage shot? there's a lot of shooting going on!

[tekisui]

5. AJ reporting it was a suicide bomber at the shrine.

[rainbow4321]

9. Hmmm. Unconfirmed Twitter reports that State TV announced the bomb blast

BEFORE the bomb actually went off.

[jefferson_dem]

10. Video of protesters running from large cloud of tear gas, reportedly from today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw9sIVeuIIo

[jefferson_dem]

12. Video reportedly from Iran protest, today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW3HVHGvgkE

[woo me with science]

11. Police outnumbering protesters everywhere in Tehran

according to Al Jazeera.

I can't imagine how terrifying it must be to consider going out there now.