The citizens of Iran are literally tweeting live and updating everybody on what is really happening in their country as they protest their current leadership and demand a new presidential election. The people claim that the election was rigged. What's more, the Tweets persist, even as the leadership regime, headed up by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tries to silenec those who are tweeting.
Tomorrow, Iranians will hold an organized protest, and concerns are running rampant that Khamenei, who has warned that action may be taken against protestors, will resort to violence. Khamenei said that opposition leaders "will be held accountable for all the violence, bloodshed, and rioting" if the protest rallies do not cease.
The rally is scheduled to be a march between Revolution Square to Freedom Square at 4:00pm local time. Freedom Square was already the site of a fatal confrontation between protestors and the pro-government militia this week.
Anybody interested in supporting this amazing and historical movement can do so by changing any social networking, forum, or chat avatars to have a green overlay. Search it up on Google if you aren't sure how to do this. If you are interested in following the events as told by the protesters on Twitter, have at this link: http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23iranelection
For any protestors that happen to stop by this blog, you have my full support as you cling to your right for freedom and a fair election. The right to freedom is a basic human right and should never be denied a person by their government, and so I wish you all luck as you show the world what it means to stand up for that right.
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