28 June 2009

tehranelection on election night

A student created the tweet name 'tehranelection' on election night, starting at 2 AM 14th june, and tweeted his story until police started searching satellite dishes. He never used this tweet-name again.. And so this is probably the very first evidence of vote-rigging.


  • 1:58 World Hello, I'm a 22 year old college student living in Iran. I'm going to post as much as I can until the police find my satellite connect

  • 2:04 As far as we know the elections has been rigged. Many of the poll watchers are reporting that the results are not the counts they reported.

  • 2:07 Normal internet access has been cut off, phonelines are restricted.

  • 2:09 Cell phones, depending where you are are restricted

  • 2:10 The government is trying to hide the fact that Mir-Hossein Mousavi won.

  • 2:12 I have a satellite dish that I normally keep in my basement cause they are illegal, and only use it when the government cuts off the internet

  • 2:15 I'm waiting for my other friends to report what is going on across the country, and will relay info to Twitter.

  • 2:16 Right now where I live in Northern Tehran, the streets are gathering people...people are shocked from the results.

  • 2:22 My uncle, who is a police officer, told me that they went to three polling places and opened every ballot box and burned all the ballots...

  • 2:22 for Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

  • 2:23 I'm looking out my window and people are starting to fill the street.

  • 2:25 It is 4:00 am here and people are filling the street.

  • 2:27 The TV has been reporting a national victory for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

  • 2:28 I'm filming the street with my camera

  • 2:29 I'll post it when I can.

  • 2:30 Several other cities are reporting voter fraud.

  • 2:31 The police are telling people to get off the street and go home.

  • 2:33 On my street, the crowd is pushing the police to the side.

  • 2:36 My brother just got home and he told me riots are starting in northeast Tehran.

  • 2:38 Right now things are peaceful in my street.

  • 2:39 The people and police are just talking.

  • 2:41 Normal internet access and phones are still out.

  • 2:43 My uncle tells me that throughtout most cities Mahmoud Ahmadinejad people had ballot boxes burned.

  • 2:44 They were told to do their jobs and speak nothing.

  • 2:45 sirens are now heard....now sure what they are.

  • 2:54 The government has turned the power off in many locations claiming we need to fix some grid ??? Yeah, right!

  • 2:55 The TV is still playing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad victory clips.

  • 2:57 Holly shit, be back in a second.

  • 3:03 My Father has a truck load of ballot boxes that were to be burned in the back of his truck.

  • 3:14 I have to shut down for a bit, the police are looking for satellites.