Monday, February 22, 2010
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Iranian Woman Taken Down by Tear Gas
This video (and several copies of it) was posted to YouTube a few hours ago. It shows an elderly woman who appears to have been tear-gassed by the police during today's demonstrations in Tehran.
Streets Crowded with Protesters
More videos from Tehran showing large groups of protesters gathering in the streets today:
A New Round of Protests in Iran
New reports today of violent clashes between protesters and the police in Tehran, despite warnings from the government about severe punishments for those who continue to voice dissent about the election results.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Kashan University Protests
Protests continue in Tehran. These videos are from a demonstration held at Kashan University in Tehran on July 3, 2009.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
A Video that Captures the Unrest
A new video, likely taken early last week, documents the the chaos and unrest of the atmosphere in Tehran. The wild and shaky camerawork vividly represents the nature of the scene as protesters riot and clash with the Basij.
Young Girl Shot, Carried Away by Ambulance
We're not sure if this video is new (if you've seen a copy from earlier, please let us know in the comments), but this version, at least, was just uploaded to the site. It shows a girl who has been shot being hoisted into an ambulance, which is completely surrounded by protesters who are shouting and capturing the scene on cell phone cameras.
A Bus in Flames
This is pretty amazing footage of a bus in Tehran completely engulfed in flames during the protests - with police and protesters standing by and watching at a distance.
Police Beat Woman Protester
There's no indication of when this video was taken, but it shows riot police attacking a protester on the sidewalk, probably in Tehran. A woman standing nearby starts to kick the policeman, and then he turns on her and, along with several other police, starts beating her with a stick.
Protesting Inside a Mosque
We haven't seen very much footage uploaded of people gathering and demonstrating indoors, but this video was just posted of Iranians protesting yesterday inside of a mosque:
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Snipers on the Roof - June 20
This video provides a new point of view on what Tehran was like on June 20th, at the height of the protests and bloody clashes between citizens and the police. Shot from a very tall building, this footage captures snipers shooting off of a roof at protesters down below.
Sunday Round-Up
Many more videos posted of protests that happened in Tehran today. Here's a playlist:
This one appears to have been shot by someone standing at a window inside a building who is looking down at the street below, watching riot police harassing and beating man in the street:
This video captures a confrontation between a bunch of young Iranian protesters and a group of riot police standing-off against one another in an alleyway. Hard to detect what's going on here:
This one offers an interesting perspective on what the streets of Tehran are like right now with riot police seen on every block:
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Iran's National Poet: Simin Behbahani
NPR's Davar Ardalan spoke with Simin Behbahani, Iran's national poet, on Friday. Behbahani has written two new poems, inspired by the protests, which she reads here:
From Mousavi's Spokesman
Nico Pitney, who has been live-blogging the situation in Iran with great dedication on the Huffington Post since Day One, wrote a post about this video today. He notes that it's "from film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who has on occasion acted as Moussavi's 'external spokesman.'" For the full translation of the video, read Pitney's post here.
Replacing the Flag in Stockholm
This shaky video shows Iranians outside of the Iranian embassy in Stockholm protesting the election and replacing Islamic Republic flag with the sun and lion flag used pre-revolution:
Friday, June 26, 2009
New Footage of Protester-Basij Clash
A new video that shows a clash between protesters and the Basij - reportedly from Wednesday June 24th - which is particularly dramatic because the footage has been posted in slow motion:
Cell Phone Footage of Another Man, Shot in the Head
Yet another gruesome video, likely caught on a cell phone camera, of a man shot in the head by a member of the Basij:
Basij Truck Drives Through Crowd
This short video shows a large crowd of Iranians gathered in a public area. The scene seems quite calm until the last few seconds when a truck - supposedly driven by members of the Basij - revs its engine and starts to drive right through the crowd. You can hear screaming as the camera loses focus and the video ends.
