Photo Gallery Reading Twitter in Tehran
The Iranian protest movement is using social media in innovative ways to organize and get their message across. In this June 9 photo, a supporter of Mir Hossein Mousavi films an election rally.
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With the Iranian authorities cracking down on the international press, the West is reliant on the Internet to find out what is happening on the ground. Iranian protesters have been using the micro-blogging site Twitter to communicate and have been posting photos to its sister site Twitpic.
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This picture posted on Twitpic claims to show damage to a student dormitory at Tehran University reportedly raided by security forces.
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Another Twitter photo of damage at a Tehran University dormitory: Western news agencies are increasingly relying on sites such as Twitter and YouTube for footage as Iranian authorities place restrictions on Western reporters in the country.
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This photo posted on Twitpic allegedly shows a pro-Mousavi rally on June 17.
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A Twitpic photo of a pro-Mousavi rally in Tehran: It is impossible to verify the accuracy of the images.
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The news agency Reuters has been using amateur photos uploaded to its "Your View" service, like this one of an anti-Ahmadinejad demonstration on June 17, as part of its Iran coverage.
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Given the restrictions on reporting in Tehran, Western media have also been forced to use images provided by government news agencies, such as this picture of a pro-Mousavi supporter supplied by the Fars News Agency to the Associated Press.
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Western correspondents have been confined to their hotel rooms or expelled from the country. In this June 16 photo, AFP photographer Olivier Laban-Mattei follows the news on TV in his Tehran hotel.
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