Tehran Protest turns bloody

From CNN: Security forces wielding clubs and firing weapons beat back demonstrators who flocked to a Tehran square Wednesday to continue protests, with one witness saying security forces beat people like “animals.” At least two trusted sources described wild and violent conditions at a part of Tehran where protesters had planned to demonstrate. “They were [...]

Wednesday: Don’t step out of line

Sun Spotting:  I saw the sun as I was coming out of the grocery store yesterday.  There was this intense, glaring light in my face.  Seriously, I almost couldn’t figure out what was going on.  I had to shade my eyes with my hand, having ditched my sunglasses *weeks* ago.  “Bright light!  Bright light!”, I [...]

Mousavi is Being Watched Around the Clock by Security Forces (and Other Updates on Events in Iran)

John Litchfield of the Independent UK reports that according to Mohsen Makhmalbaf, a film director and long-time close friend of Mir Hossein Mousavi is “under 24-hour guard by secret police and no longer able to speak freely to supporters.” In a telephone interview, Mr. Makhmalbaf, the director of the 2001 film Kandaha, denied suggestions that [...]