Latest Tweets and News Items From the Revolution

From the ridiculous to the sublime to the good, the bad and the ugly.

CNN RT URGENT #Iran #iranelection RT FROM TEHRAN!!' CALL FOR FOOD MEDICAL SUPPLIES! BASJI BLOCKADED US IN SQUARE!

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RT from Iran: "In Baharestan Sq. in Police shooting, A girl is shot and the police is not allowing to let them help!"

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RT f Iran: Mullahs are taking their money and running from Iran (Not so, says this article. The British froze their assets.)

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The girl who was shot was taken to a private clinic, not known yet of her well being...alive or not?

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RT Iran: ppl arrested outside Tehran have been tortured and forced to confess they "work for Britain".

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Protester: drs fighting off basij so they can treat the wounded

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Meanwhile, the Guardian passes along this incredible act of cruelty. Neda Soltani's family is forced out of their own home and forbidden from eulogizing her. This fascist government is so completely out of control in its fanatical hatred and paranoia that they're lashing out against the parents of a girl killed by one of their own just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Declassified FBI files now reveal that Saddam Hussein feared Iran more than us and even thought of asking Bush for protection from Iran's alleged arsenal.

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Look who Iran's appointed to try the political dissidents recently arrested during the riots. I don't envy them one bit. Think they'll get a fair trial? Didn't think so, either.

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Say what you want about him but Barack Obama is now officially the BBQ Nazi.

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Brent Scowcroft: We have spies in Iran. And publicly revealing this to the press is a good idea... how?

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