Update 2: The Revolution will be Digitized: June 19th, 2009

I am going to be updating this blog post several times over the next 24 hours. The Mainstream Media (MSM) is starting to catch up to what’s going on the ground, so I’ll try to keep the news and media list to a dull roar (go to Google News for that) and try to keep updating in alternative news sources.

Update 16:00 EST

Shooresh has an update on Iranian students in a blog

Update 15:00 EST

Nate Silver at 538 has commentary on the Ayatollah’s speech…good read

A good read here by an Iranian student on the political climate in Iran

Update 13:00 EST

Supreme Leader Khameni’s speech earlier this morning video here and transcript here was condemning of the reform protesters. Been reports of the IRG and the Basiji stepping up arrests.
Despite the increased danger of violence against protesters (as any protest will now be illegal), apparently opposition leader Mousavi’s facebook page is asking for supporters to rally tomorrow in Tehran. Protestors are twittering that they plan to silently protest as before, peacefully, in a very Gandhi-like way.

Speculation abounds that Rasfanjani is about to be arrested, claimed to be confirmed by Iranian insiders via Twitter. If this is true — and we don’t know if it is true — this is a nose-thumbing to the Assembly of Experts

To see how the Assembly of Experts figures into the Iranian power structure, BBC has a graphic of Iranian Government structure

In the USA, there have been calls for Obama to take an opinion against the violence in Iran. In the past, it has been noted that the USA siding with protesters can be damaging to the people in the protest, as it allows for excuses of accusations of working with the West. My opinion is that the sovereign concerns of Iran are best left to the Iranians; we can only support the struggle for freedom in spirit, but not officially. Apparently, the House of Republicans have voted in the resolution.

I hate to bring more US politics into this, but McCain has introduced a similar resolution into the Senate . It amazes me that McCain was calling to Bomb bomb Iran in April last year, but now he FEELS for those poor Iranian people? Give me a break

Iranian Interests Section march and manifesto in Washington DC June 20 (scroll down)

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