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June 22nd, 2009
Please retweet this link. I'm Josh Shahryar AKA NiteOwl - iran_translator on twitter - and I've been
immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my
tweet sources and have tried maximally to avoid listening to media banter. What I have compiled below is what I

can confirm through my tweets to have happened in the past day and in the past week in Iran. Remember, this is

all from tweets. There is NOTHING included here that is not from a reliable tweet. No news media outlets have
been used in the compilation of this short brief as I would like to call it.
These are the important happenings that I can positively confirm from Monday, June 22 in Iran. (If I cannot
positively confirm, I have indicated that I can't.)

1.Protests were held throughout Tehran today. The main protest was held at 7 Tir Square where 3-5 thousand
people gathered to remember and mourn Neda – the protester killed on Saturday. However, soon hundreds of IRG,

police, Basij and plainclothesmen gathered and violently tried to disperse the protesters. It took hours to
disperse all the protesters. The security forces used batons and fired tear gas shells as well as firing weapons
in the air. Dozens of people were injured, including many women. Helicopters were flying over Tehran for the
second day. There were also reports of helicopters firing tear gas shells at people – they have not been fully
confirmed.

2.There was also a gathering of about 1,000 people in Valiasr Avenue, meeting security forces who sparked a
confrontation. It was not as violent as the one on 7 Tir, but many people were injured there as well. There was a
huge rally held by Ahmadinejad’s supporters at Valiasr for his victory speech. The participants were mostly
people from the provinces, children and older Iranians. There were also a large number of government employees.

3.News of protests around the country was not relayed through tweets much today; however, sources confirmed
that at least some rallies and protests were held in Tabriz where protesters met with violent attacks by the
security forces. Later in the night as people chanted Allah o Akbar from the rooftops, there were reports of
clashes in northern and western Tehran between protesters and security forces. Chants of Allah o Akbar also
echoed across the country. Candles were lit throughout the country in memory of protesters that have been killed

so far. The number of confirmed deaths stands close to 50 now and there have been more than a thousand injured.

4.Sources claim that the government is considering expelling some diplomatic missions because they’ve
helped protesters or are accused of masterminding the unrest. The government earlier in the day alleged that the
US had paid 400 million dollars to people in order to organize unrest in Iran. They also blamed the UK and
Germany – saying the latter was coaxed into taking action by Israel – how Israel manages to coax other countries
was beyond our sources… The Guardian Council has now announced that there were 3 million extra votes cast. Other

information is unreliable at this point or various sources exist.

5.The government is actively trying to suppress news from getting out. BBC and Al-Arabiya’s correspondents
were told to get out in 24 hours, twitter sites are being hacked, people are being tricked into getting out late
at night by others chanting in the streets who are actually Basijis and the spread of spam and propaganda on
twitter. The government has also established dozens of sites with pictures of protesters, asking people to
identify them. At least two of these sites that were based abroad have been taken down by hackers sympathetic to
Iranians today.

6.There are sporadic reports coming in from Qom at this point. Sources claim that Rafsanjani who was in Qom
has had meetings with clerics inside Qom. It has been also reported – but not confirmed – for the past three days
that Ayatollah Montazeri has declared a three days’ mourning period. It likely is a hoax because it has not been
confirmed by anyone. What can be confirmed is that the Council of Combatant Clerics – which includes in its
members Rafsanjani and Nateq Noori – have backed the protesters. Khamanei is going to lead Friday prayers in
Tehran. If there was a speech, we'll have a translation availble here within the hour.

7.Hamzeh Ghalebi, head of Mousavi's youth headquarters and Reza Homaye, another reformist and backer of
Mousavi, have been arrested. There have been arrests of numerous other reformists and backers of Mousavi,
Karoubi, Noori and Rafsanjani. The total number of people that have been arrested is still anyone’s guess.
Reports indicate somewhere between five and ten thousand.

8.Tuesday has been declared a national strike by Mousavi and his backers. Already close to half of the
shops in Tehran were closed on Sunday. (Sunday is not a holiday in Iran; Friday is.) It has been reported that in
the provinces, people are excited about the news and many important figures in provinces are openly or secretly

backing the call. The government is threatening people that they’ll be fired if they didn’t show up at their jobs
on Tuesday.

9.Thursday, rallies will be held in Tehran. The location of the major rally in the city has not been
disclosed. According to sources, this has been done so that the government couldn’t be prepared. In anticipation,

the government has placed thousands of police and Basiji inside Tehran, turning stadiums into headquarters and
areas for gathering for these security forces.

10.Our sources have strongly denounced the commercialization of the Sea of Green (That’s what most of them
call the protests) by various people around the world. They have especially disliked how some people put
advertisements on twitter with #iran or #iranelection on them as well as #neda. They have also shown outrage over
the fact that Nokia and Siemens were exposed to have supplied the Iranian government with equipment to help
censor their voices on the internet and over cell phones.

11.Finally, Mousavi has yet again called on the people of the world to rally in support of the plight of
Iran’s people on Thursday. This is the second time Mousavi has called on citizens of Planet Earth to stand up and
support the voices of Iranians.


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June 23rd, 2009
The Green Brief #7 - NiteOwl

Please retweet this link. Apologies for the lateness of today's brief. I had urgent matters to take care of. I'm
Josh Shahryar AKA NiteOwl - iran_translator on twitter - and I've been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past
several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources and have tried maximally to
avoid listening to media banter. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my tweets to have
happened in the past day and in the past week in Iran. Remember, this is all from tweets. There is NOTHING
included here that is not from a reliable tweet. No news media outlets have been used in the compilation of this
short brief as I would like to call it.

These are the important happenings that I can positively confirm from Tuesday, June 23 in Iran. (If I cannot
positively confirm, I have indicated that I can't.)

1.Although most sources had confirmed that there was going to be a strike today in Tehran, the city had
only partially closed down its shops. Throughout the day reports kept arriving that Mousavi had not ordered the
strike, however, most people continued urging protesters to comply with the strike. It seemed that there was a
complete lack of coordination between the movement and its leader. This is the first time it has happened,
however, and seems to be a direct result of government’s tireless efforts at trying to jam communications between
protesters and their leaders.

2.There were sporadic reports of a more successful strike in parts of the Kurdish-inhabited areas of
northwestern Iran. In Kurdistan province, the cities of Sanadanj and Seqqez were reported to have had half their
shops closed. There were also reports from Mahabad in Western Azerbaijan province to the north of Kurdistan
province. That city is also inhabited by Kurds. The main stream media has not confirmed these reports; however,
sources were pretty uniform about the veracity of them. There have been unrests in Mashhad and Tabriz as well,
but no solid news came out for us to investigate further.

3.People in Tehran, though, acted in different ways to continue to defy the authorities. There were anti-
government posters stuck on walls, anti-government slogans adorned parts of the walls of the city and waves of
small rallies broke out in various parts of the city. Car headlights were turned on in the city at dark to
commemorate those killed in the protests and chants of Allah o Akbar continued to ring loudly at night. Among
these chants, there were also chants of “Death to the Dictator” and surprisingly enough, some people also chanted

“Death of Khamenei” – although the last one was only reported in isolated areas.

4.The city of Tehran was literally crawling with Basijis and police. There were roadblocks everywhere and
the streets were heavily patrolled by the security forces. Most sources complained that going outside was
dangerous for anyone – even if the person wasn’t a protester as security forces continued to beat up anyone they
could get their hands on.

5.There were reports of clashes in northern, western and eastern Tehran between small numbers of protesters
and the security forces, though; no news of any casualties reached us. Shots were fired late at night as well,
but still no word of casualties today. People had started small fires on the streets that were continuously being
put down by the security forces.

6.Arrests continue to take place throughout the day. Journalists from Kalemeh newspaper were picked up and
there were unconfirmed reports of the arrest of at least 2 journalists affiliated with the foreign media,
however, the latter claim could not be independently verified. One of these is a Greek reporter with the
Washington Times. The government has now announced the creation of a special court in order to investigate and
decide the cases of people who have been so far arrested by the government.

7. There was also sickening news of security forces asking the families of protesters who’d been killed for
large sums of money – typically between 3-5 thousand dollars - as a “bullet fee” if they wanted the bodies of
their dead relatives back. At least two cases were confirmed by our reliable sources, but it seems to have not
picked up with MSM yet. Also, relatives of protesters went today to Evin prison to see if they could get
information about the ones arrested recently. They were turned away without a chance to verify whether their
relatives were in custody.

8.The Iranian government continued to blame the West for Iran’s current state of affairs. As a direct
result of this, Iran expelled to British diplomats in protest, resulting in the expulsion of two Iranian
diplomats by the British government. There are reports of the EU mulling over imposing sanctions against Iran.
Shirin Ebadi – the Nobel Peace Prize laureate from Iran – has asked the world to only impose political and not
economic sanctions on Iran.

9.Mousavi and Khatami’s offices have told their supporters to use a different tactic to get their demands
by going to the bazaars with their families everyday starting Tuesday at 9 and not buy anything at all. If anyone
is to ask them, they’re to say they’re there to shop. According to Khatami, time had come people to stop wasting
their energies on the government in the old ways and start new ways of defying the authorities’ refusal to meet
their demands. According to Khatami, the actions described above will halt all business in Tehran.

10.State media in Iran are continuing to denounce protesters as thugs, hooligans and terrorists. It has been
reported that Keyhan Daily’s tomorrow’s edition is going to call for Mousavi’s arrest. Reports were also
published and broadcasted about Mohsen Rezaee – on of the four candidates during the election – has taken back

all his complaints against the elections. Khamenei has extended the period for registering complaints against the
elections for five more days. The deadline was Wednesday, before.

11.Throughout the day, there were reports of Mousavi organizing a fresh rally as well as Karoubi calling on
people to stage rallies in different locations. Both leaders were said to have wanted rallies late afternoon on
Thursday. Yet, the reports were often so conflicted that for now, the place and time of the protests cannot be
verified. As before, it seems they are trying to confuse the government into keeping less armed personnel around
the protest area by not letting them know where it’s actually at. So far, reliable sources have mostly agreed
upon a rally at Baharestan Square in the late afternoon.

12.There was word all over twitter about Britain freezing more than a billion dollars worth of Iranian
assets as a result of the protests. However, this had actually happened way before the protests as a result of
Iran’s non-compliance with the recommendations of IAEA during the nuclear standoff. The news of Iranian
footballers that wore green bands in their game against South Korea being forcibly retired has been confirmed.

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June 24th, 2009
I'm Josh Shahryar AKA NiteOwl - twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter - and I've been immersed in tweets from
Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have
compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from tweets. No
news media outlets have been used. (There was precious little today to offer so I waited very long)

These are the important happenings that I can positively confirm from Tuesday, June 24 in Iran.


1. The event of the day was the protest held at Baharestan Square in the late afternoon. Although the exact
number cannot be fully known, my sources claimed somewhere between 5,000-10,000 people tried to join the rally.

Things got violent when security forces that had been waiting there for hours moved in as soon as a small crowd
had managed to gather. They used force to brutalize the protesters and scatter them faster then they could
regroup. Police were also patrolling the areas around Baharestan and people were attacked even as they fled
Baharestan and go to the outer edges of the area. This continued for at least two hours.

2. Force was utilized without discrimination; however, media reports about a complete massacre cannot be
confirmed by my more reliable sources. What I can confirm is at least 3 people were killed; the police used
batons to beat people quite viciously - leaving dozens injured, not just in Baharestan but also in the areas
around Baharestan. Shots were also fired and at least 2 of the fatalities were as a result of gunfire. Tear gas
was also used to disperse them. We cannot confirm the use of axes on protesters. It could have been isolated
incidents. But a wide-spread use cannot be confirmed. There were reports of killings at Lalehzar as well.
Lalezhzar is a park in Tehran which has been completely taken over by security forces and is being used as a
quasi-de fact base. Pictures are scarce and videos cannot be confirmed at this point either. The police were
checking cell phones throughout the area as well as in other parts of the city and deleting images or videos or
confiscating the phone altogether.

(I have to add a personal note here. I am not anti-protester and neither am I against the freedom of Iran from
the grips of such a repressive regime. The Green Briefs are VERY one-sided and TOTALLY pro-protester. However, I
think the event was overblown partly because the people who participated were terrorized by the brute nature of
the event and at the same time, the word 'massacre' got lost in translation a little. I apologize if you find my
denial of this outrageous, but I will not confirm something like this. It could easily be a government ploy to
scare people from joining further protests.)

3. The area was surrounded also by vans and cars belonging to the security forces. Injured protesters and those
protesters the police could hold onto were promptly thrown into these vehicles and moved to undisclosed
locations. It has been suggested that Evin prison is being used to house most of the prisoners, but the sheer
number of protesters easily could mean that make-shift prisons have been built around Tehran to house these
people. Some sources indicated as well, but this cannot be confirmed right away. Most shops around Baharestan
were closed so people had nowhere to hide. Cell phone service was also jammed so no help could arrive for those
stranded and the vicious and wide-spread beatings and arrests could continue.

4. The security forces were being heavily helped by helicopters. They flew all over the city and informed
security forces of places where people had gathered. Security forces arrived in minutes and dispersed crowd.
However, people were extremely persistent. Gatherings and small rallies took place in several places and the
quicker they were dispersed the quicker more sprang up. This continued late into the night until people dispersed
on their own. The sheer tenacity of the protesters is heartening and many twitter sources indicated that no
matter what happens they will go to streets and protest. Hezbollah e Ansar were also spotted from time to time.
Plainclothesmen also did their part of the arrests as they drove around the city in motorcycles.

5. There were also other arrests in Iran today. At least 70 university professors and other professionals held a
meeting today with Mousavi at the end of which, all of them were arrested as they exited the meeting area.
Reports also confirm that Mousavi's chief lawyer, Ardsher Amir Arjman has also been arrested. There is no real
confirmation of whether Mousavi has been arrested or he's free. However, there are strong indications and SOME
sources that claim he is currently under house arrest. For a partial list, please click here:
http://iran.whyweprotest.net/news-current-events/2346-list-killed-injured-english.html#post18622


6. Several foreign nationals were arrested today as well. Among them is Iason Athanasiadis - a Greek national who
works for the Washington Times. The identity of other people detained cannot be confirmed at this point. The
media lockdown is continuing in Iran as the government tries to stop the spread of news of what's happening
inside the country. Saw a quote that I wanted to share by an Iranian twitter user: "Saving Iran... one tweet at a
time!"

6. As reported before, Mohsen Rezaei is being reported to have withdrawn his complaints regarding the election.
However, it seems that his office believes he has been sidelined by the government through pressure and
intimidation. His office today told the Guardian Council that that they need to tell the people the real reason
why they quit or they will publish the real reasons themselves. Reports also abound that Rafsanjani is preparing
a plan of action and will make an announcement on Friday, but this cannot be fully confirmed. Mousavi, Rafsanjani
and Rezaei also held a meeting with officials from the National Security Committee of Iran. No news as to the
issues debated or decisions made can be confirmed yet.

7. The chants of Allah o Akbar continued throughout the night in Tehran and reports indicate that it also
occurred in many cities around the country. Confirmed reports also indicate that plainclothesmen put some trees
on fire near the homes of people who were chanting in Sharake Gharb. It is being reported that on June 25 at 1
PM, people will fly ceremonial balloons from their homes. The balloons will be green to symbolize the movement
and black for the dead protesters. Reports indicate that tomorrow's mourning rallies in Tehran have been canceled
as well. (I will no longer post information about protests that are to come here. Too many Iran-gov people are
reading this and it might help them.)

8. Khamanei spoke to a meeting of members of the Majlis of Iran (Majlis = Parliament). Click here to read it:
Khamenei Speech to Parliamentarians June 24 (Excerpts English) - Why We Protest -
IRAN

9. Finally, reports indicate that the Iranian ambassador in Copenhagen has 'threatened' the Danish government by
telling them that they are watching the Danish media very closely...


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June 25th, 2009
I'm NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar - twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter - and I've been immersed in tweets from
Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have
compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from tweets. No
news media outlets have been used. (There was precious little today to offer so I waited very long)

These are the important happenings that I can positively confirm from Thursday, June 25 in Iran.

1.Protesters continued to swarm the streets of Tehran today, however, the number of security forces
deployed to stop them from gathering in large numbers proved effective. We had previously reported that large
numbers of motorcycles have been brought into Tehran by the government and given over to Basij and other security
forces. They are being used very efficiently to mobilize the security forces and protesters are being hunted down
wherever they are suspected to be. In the mess, several people who aren't protesters have also been beaten as the
beatings have turned to indiscriminate persecution of citizens of Iran.

2.News of protesters came from different parts of Tehran, but confirmation as always have been a bit tricky
as twitter sources continue to give out information that is sometimes uniform and at times widely divergent. What
we were able to confirm was that a large mass of people that tried to gather at martyred protester Neda's grave
site was beaten and dispersed. No one was allowed to stand near her grave for more than a few seconds as police
actively sought to beat the protesters out of the area. There were reports of Basijis firing at people from atop
a mosque in Tehran. It can be partially confirmed, however, the number of casualties cannot be.

3.The Minister of Interior in the mean time has declined to issue a request for the holding of requests by
Mousavi's supporters. He has stated that any permits need to be sought in person at least 7 days before the
planned date. (There are reports, however, that Mousavi has been granted a permit for a small rally tomorrow.)
Chants of Allah o Akbar and Ya Hossein echoed across Tehran yet again and there were reports of protests in
Shiraz by university students and a strike in Tabriz. (I can only partially confirm this as only a few of my
reliable sources could confirm it.)

4.As reported yesterday, no massacre can be confirmed to have occurred in Baharestan square. Readers have
sent me several photographs of bodies with gaping wounds that might suggest the use of axes - I have confirmed
ISOLATED use of axes in the previous report -, however, all of the photos have been from past protests. As of
yet, the claim by Mainstream Media that there was a massacre at Baharestan cannot be confirmed. (At the time of
the writing of this brief, many have retracted their previous statements and some have actually began to kill the
story that was used to increase viewership of US TV networks...)

5.In new statements today, Mousavi, Khatami and Rezaei have pledged their support for the cause of the
protesters yet again. Mousavi released a statement today declaring that he won't back down from their legitimate
demands. He also accused the people who have rigged the election of the violence that has wracked Tehran and
continues to destabilize the country. Rezaei who has taken back his complaints to the Guardian Council regarding
the election has yet against said that he has not abandoned the protesters. According to him, he has only taken
back the complaints and the cause of the protesters and just and must be followed until successful. Khatami
declared today that everyone should stand up because opportunities like these are rare and will not be granted
again.

6.There were reports today indicating that several journalists that have been arrested in the past few days
have been transferred to Evin prison. A Washington Time correspondent who was arrested yesterday was about to
leave the country through Tehran's main airport when he was arrested. The government's media outlets have claimed
that John Layne - the BBC correspondent in Tehran who was forced to leave Tehran days ago - was behind the murder
of Neda. They claim that he hired people to gun her down so he could then report on it and use it in a
documentary he is making.

7.Seyed Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, the editor in chief of Kalameh Sabz newspaper which is pro-Mousavi, who
was arrested yesterday, has still not been released. Of the 70 professors that were arrested after meeting
Mousavi yesterday, 66 have been released by the Iranian government. The fate of the rest remains unknown. More
and more people were arrested today for even wearing green signs or any clothing that had the color green. The
Society for the Defense of Prisoners' Rights has announced that they are ready to provide legal aid to recent
detainees and their families. For a list of people so far killed and arrested as well as released, please check
this link: http://iran.whyweprotest.net/missing-persons/2346-list-killed-arrested-english.html

8.Government sources now confirm that eight Basijis have so far been killed in the protests. The number
cannot be confirmed using our sources. So far, even the most impartial twitter sources have not confirmed that
any protester has succeeded in taking the life of a Basiji. (Apparently, many have wished for their death and
would show great joy if it can be confirmed as their brutality has been quite pronounced in the past few days.)
Sources also claim that Basijis are receiving extravagant amounts of money as per diem in order to secure their
loyalty.

9.A group of Iranian lawyers - most of them female - have released a statement, asking the government to
cancel Nobel-laureate Shirin Ebadi's law license. They claim that she has acted unconstitutionally by contacting
governments outside Iran and asked them to interfere in Iran's internal affairs. They also accuse her of
breaching Islamic verdicts.

10.Meanwhile, Ali Abbaspour, a prominent parliamentarian and the head of the education committee in the
parliament, has told the media that they are insistent on impartial investigations being carried out on the
attacks in various universities inside Tehran and other parts of the country. Reports also indicate of Parliament
Speaker Ali Larijani's continued marginalization by the government. He is being reported as one of the top men
inside the regime who is slowly moving towards the cause of the protesters.

11.Finally, we can now confirm that Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has broken his silence and
denounced the current spate of violence that's been carried out against peaceful protesters. He asked the people
of Iran to seek their rightful demands through peaceful means. He also criticized the government's actions and
said that the violence carried out against protesters is clearly different from what Islam teaches.
12.Ayatollah Khamenei has a planned speech during the Friday prayers today in Tehran. That will commence at
2:30 AM Pacific Time. I will upload the transcript of the speech in English within an hour of it's delivery on
iran.whyweprotest.net and posting a link on my twitter account. You can also tune into BBC if you want to see it
live with an English translation. (If I wasn’t able to do the translation, please forgive me.)

(There is simply too much on the tweets about where Mousavi is at this point. According to last reports, he was
being sternly watched by the government and his movement is restricted, but it's an ever evolving situation.)

Read this if you want to help or get help!

The government in Iran is still increasing internet filtering and throttling in an attempt to silence their
people. Anonymous info shows that many in Iran are looking for proxy and Tor information in Tehran and all around
the country. Please donate your bandwidth to help bring down the Iran Curtain. Here are links on how to help and
get help on this:

English: Tor and the Iranian Election - Bring down the Iran Curtain | Ian's Brain

Fars: Tor: ?????? Tor

For the more savvy, try these if you want to connect from Iran:

67.174.201.136:9001 AE4DE948A8F37F18D886C5545F375AB246647837
(trad. tor port)

67.174.201.136:3074 AE4DE948A8F37F18D886C5545F375AB246647837
(xbox live port)

(Thanks to Alexander)

Images and vids and instructions on how to send them to us: Why We Protest - IRAN - Powered by vBulletin

Helpers with expertise in the field of medecine, translation and such:

“Medici Cu Internet is a collaboration between piratbyran.org, HackersWithoutBorders and werebuild.eu trying to
organize contacts with medical expertise online since there are problems in Iran with hospitals being monitored
by the government. Join the IRC-channel at #mci-ir - WebIRC - AnonNet or send an email to us at embassy [at]
piratbyran.org for more info. Medical experts, Farsi-translators and people who know the medical situation in
iran are welcome to join and collaboratively set up an index with common injuries and their best treatments.”

People Outside Iran: This is as clear and concise as I can be. I have not included ANYTHING that I have sensed to
be remotely fishy, but humans always err.

People Inside Iran: Don't believe a WORD of what I am telling you. Do what you think is best, keeping everything
in mind. I know LITTLE of what you know so make your decisions based on your OWN judgment.

P.S. Please post this around and tweet and retweet.

NiteOwl

 

June 26th, 2009
(Fresh News from Iran)

I'm NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar - twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter - and I've been immersed in tweets from
Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have
compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from tweets. No
news media outlets have been used. (All my work is released under Creative Commons (CC). You can freely use it
and repost it wherever you'd like to. Just provide a link to the original source at the bottom.)

These are the important happenings that I can positively confirm from Friday, June 26 in Iran.

1.No large rallies or prsotests were held today. There were unconfirmed reports of small gatherings in
isolated areas of the city, but for the most part, Tehran didn't seem to witness the same as it has been for the
past two weeks. Sources indicated that it was in no way a sign of giving up, but rather a brief interval in more
protests that are to come. They added that currently, the Sea of Green is organizing and regrouping as well as
coming up with new ways to defy the authorities and also know of the fate of their leaders in order to progress.

2.At 1 PM, however, a large number of people in Tehran took to roofs and released green balloons to show
solidarity with the Sea of Green and to commemorate protesters who've died so far. (Link showing the balloons:
YouTube - IRAN RIGGED ELECTIONS: Green balloons were used as a form of protest all over
Iran 6/26/2009 ) At night, the people again took to the roofs and chanted "Allah o Akbar" and "Death to the
Dictator". They also burned candles and held vigils. There was confirmation of the death of one protester who was
fired upon by security forces as he chanted from his rooftop. Reports of vigils also came from Mashhad.

3.Khamenei was supposed to lead Friday prayers in Tehran and give a speech; however, he was a no show.
Ayatollah Sayyid Ahmad Khatami a hard-line cleric and a member of the Assembly of Experts who has strong ties
with Khamenei and Ahmadinejad lead the prayers in his stead. He claimed that the protesters were acting against
Allah, branded them 'rioters' and called for their suppression through any means possible. He also added that the
government will not bend against pressure and that Neda was killed by protesters. This is backtrack from the
government's earlier statements that Neda had been ordered to be killed by a BBC correspondent.

4.Reports indicate that the reason why Khamenei did not attend the prayers was Ayatollah Montazeri's
statements yesterday that denounced the government's suppression of the protesters' 'legitimate demands'. This,
according to sources, creates a divide between the powerful clergy which has pressured Khamenei just enough to
stop him from giving out another speech of the caliber he gave last week. 4. Whether Montazeri's current stance
will develop into something of a bigger boost to protesters remains to be seen.

5.(For those who don't know, Montazeri was Khomeini's designated successor until just a few months before
Khomeini's death; he openly criticized the Islamic regime and was sidelined in favor of Khamenei. He still wields
enough considerable support among the more moderate clergy and is popular among liberal Muslims in Iran.)

6.Meanwhile, on the government's official English News channel, Press TV, George Galloway, a British MP
representing the constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow, spent several hours denouncing the protests, Israel and
Zionism. He called upon the world to accept Ahmadinejad's re-election and called on the protesters to go home and
accept the will of the people. He did not indicate which people he meant when he made that statement.

7.A reliable source indicated that Khomeini's family has thrown its lot behind the protesters. Although
they denied calling out for a protest tomorrow, they indicated that they were with the protesters and claimed to
be supporting the protesters lawful demands and don't consider Ahmadinejad's government legitimate anymore. This,
coupled with Montazeri's statements and Larijani's lethargy, is a strong indication that the clergy are divided
in what to do with the protesters and that there is a considerable level of public support now for the protesters
among the religious elite.

8.The spokesperson of the Guardian Council announced today that a commission had been formed to recount 10%
of the ballots cast with representatives of the candidates present. The commission includes Ali Akbar Velayati,
Hadad Adel, Eftekhar Jahromi, Aboutorabi Fard, Dari Najafabadi and Hossein Rahimian. He also gave candidates 24
hours to appoint representatives that would join the commission in the recount.

9.As reported before, the government is heavily charging people for the return of their dead family
members' bodies who were killed during the protests. Families are being charged thousands of dollars and are also
required to sign a waiver that states they won't sue the police and that Mousavi is the reason behind the death
of their loved ones. More people were arrested today including Mohammad Mostafaie, who is a prominent lawyer and
important reformist.

10.. The Iranian Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden was attacked today by angry Swedish-Iranians after a peaceful
protest. It has been reported that as the protesters neared the gate, one of the guards tried to force the
protesters away which enraged them and they tried to take over the Embassy. The police were forced to call for
back up to control the protesters. There was also a report of a molotov bomb thrown by pro-Sea of Green
protesters at the Iranian Embassy in Bern, Switzerland. It caused little damage to one of the walls.

11.The government is continuously attacking and arresting Iranians who are using twitter to get the message
out to the world. Several of our sources have so far been arrested or have stopped using twitter altogether, yet
the remainder have pledged to continue until the last minute. Amidst the somber mood, some emotional moments can
also be seen. One Iranian tweeted: "I would rather our Iranian youth were tweeting about Michael Jackson than
having 2 face this death & horror. Lets set them free to do so."

(There is simply too much on the tweets about where Mousavi is at this point. According to last reports, he was
being sternly watched by the government and his movement is restricted, but it's an ever evolving situation.)


Read this if you want to help or get help!

The government in Iran is still increasing internet filtering and throttling in an attempt to silence their
people. Anonymous info shows that many in Iran are looking for proxy and Tor information in Tehran and all around
the country. Please donate your bandwidth to help bring down the Iran Curtain. Here are links on how to help and
get help on this:

English: Tor and the Iranian Election - Bring down the Iran Curtain | Ian's Brain

Farsi: Tor: ?????? Tor

Images and vids and instructions on how to send them to us:

Helpers with expertise in the field of medecine, translation and such:

“Medici Cu Internet is a collaboration between piratbyran.org, HackersWithoutBorders and werebuild.eu trying to
organize contacts with medical expertise online since there are problems in Iran with hospitals being monitored
by the government. Join the IRC-channel at #mci-ir - WebIRC - AnonNet or send an email to us at embassy [at]
piratbyran.org for more info. Medical experts, Farsi-translators and people who know the medical situation in
iran are welcome to join and collaboratively set up an index with common injuries and their best treatments.”

People Outside Iran: This is as clear and concise as I can be. I have not included ANYTHING that I have sensed to
be remotely fishy, but humans always err.

People Inside Iran: Don't believe a WORD of what I am telling you. Do what you think is best, keeping everything
in mind. I know LITTLE of what you know so make your decisions based on your OWN judgment.

P.S. Please post this around and tweet and retweet.