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I will be updated this entry to the best of my ability with the latest aggregated news coming out of Iran. The Lede from the New York Times has been an incredible source of aggregated news and I will draw heavily on that. Twitter, however, has become the best source for information. I am currently monitoring the Twitter feeds (#iranelection). It’s hard to get completely reliable information as rumors are common and the Iranian government is spreading false information. Also the foreign press has been banned from covering the street protests. I will update this entry continuously so just refresh the page to get updates and all times are Pacific.

12:44pm There are rumors from multiple sources that Rafsanjani and the moderates may have reached a comprise with Khamenei to end the bloodshed. The compromise would be to hold a runoff election between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi. However, if there was extreme vote fraud in the first election, what is going to prevent that vote fruad occuring in a runoff?

12:33pm The Telegraph is reporting that large amounts of capital are flowing out of Iran. Furthermore, many companies are refusing to put more capital into Iran unless there is political stability. You can read the article here.

12:14pm There are still several different accounts of events yesterday. The Lede has mentioned another account that suggests that the brutality was limited to beatings. The witness suggests that other more bloody accounts have been altered as they have ciriculated among the people. At least one of the reliable twitter sources reported bloodshed and several other accounts of extreme brutality. It’s one thing if there were different accounts of minor details but what we are confronted with now is two completely different accounts of the level of violence. The only potential explanation is that the accounts are from different times. Otherwise one set of accounts are completely wrong. Here’s a video from yesterday. Apparently this shows one of the main streets that leads to the square where the supposed “massacre” occurred. The quality is very bad.

12:03pm There has been practically no word coming out of Iran today. Ahmadinejad lashed out at Obama and demanded an apology, but there has been no word on any opposition activity. There were some rumors of street clashes, but not attempted rallies. A planned rally was called off today by Karroubi. It seems the political leaders (Mousavi and Karroubi) are backing off and may even be distancing themselves from the more radical demonstrations.

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