Worldwide silence planned for Iran protest dead

Users of the social media site, twitter, have organised a two minute silence for protectors who were killed during the post-election demonstrations.

Twitter users have planned the silence to be observed at 11am or 6:30pm (local time) on Thursday 30th July. The organisers say that the silence is in memory of the 'martyrs' of the protests that have taken place across Iran. The silence has peen planned to coincide with the 40 day anniversary of the deaths of many of the protestors.

Organisers have chosen two periods of silence to maximise participation and have urged fellow twitter users to 'retweet' the event details.

This two minute silence comes over a month after protests first began following the country's disputed presidential elections. The demonstrations drew hundreds of thousands to the streets of Tehran and it is believe that 19 people were killed by government millitia.

Despite continued warnings from the Iranian authorities to end the 'illegal rallies', pro-reform demonstrators have retain a smaller presence on the streets of Tehran and other cities. The government has imposed heavy restrictions on foreign media; restricting their movement, banning them from covering demonstrations and expelling some international journalists. As a result, protestors used social media sites, including twitter, youtube and others, to send information out of Iran.

(More information about the silence can be found at http://silentwave.info/ )