A photo allegedly showing the dead body of a protestor shot by Iranian security forces has been released on the website, 'twitpic'. The image has been published by a user in Iran has the caption "we wont stay silent , we will react ... crime crime crime".
The pictures have not been independently verified but witnesses report that at least one person has been shot dead and many others have been wounded when security forces opened fire. The crowds had gathered in protest at Friday's election result which saw the re-election of President Ahmidenjad.
The announcement of the result came amidst claims of vote rigging and "obvious violations" of electoral procedure by Mir Hossein Mousavi and his fellow opposition candidates. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Iranians have taken to the streets, with many reports of violent scuffles with police, outraged by the Ahmadinejad's re-election.
Protestor's assembled in Tehran's Revolution square chanting "Down with the dictatorship" and "We want freedom". Demonstrators held placards reading "Where's my vote?" and "Ahmadinejad is NOT my president!"
Advances in technology such as facebook, youtube, blogging and twitter mean that it is no easier for opponents to organise these protests and spread dissent online. The government has tried to prevent this new cyber-dissent by banning webpages and downing SMS networks. Reports say that in response hackers have downed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's website, the site, www.ahmadinejad.ir, now simply displays the message 'The maximum number of user reached, Server is too busy, please try again later...'. One hacker has declared "There is a Cyberwar going on" and encouraged others to overload government websites.
Despite, Government filters trying to block sites many are Iranians are able to access banned sites by through the use of proxy servers. Codes and ports for access to these have been plastered across the internet by those who want to help Iranians get information out of the country. Comedian and broadcster, Stephen Fry has tweeted "Our Iranian friends can access Twitter from 148.233.239.24 Port:80 in Tehran. Can avoid govt filters from here." Another tweeter said "I hope that a web service that allows you to tell people that you've just made a cup of tea can also bring down a government."
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