Who knew that Iranians were so tech savvy? A huge % of youth in Iran use Twitter. And after the Iranian election and the resulting protests, the twitter activity in Iran has surged. As you may know the landslide with which Ahmedinejad won is thought to be a scam by many Iranians since the belief that the vote was counted by a partisan Interior Ministry thus leading to the Mass protests.The Twitterers in Iran are collectively sharing links to "Page Reboots" of Iranian gov't website so that it is shutdown. Also Twitterers who get their info from an Iranian in Iran can't reveal the name of the source for fear of his/her safety. Instead the source is credited with a simple, standard "RT Iran" on Twitter for proof of info straight from a Tehran street. You may follow this historic event minute by minute best on Twitter by using the following hashtags: #iranelection #iranians #iran9 #tehran of the popular ones. Now that Ahmedinejad has left Iran, it will be interesting to see how this plays out tomorrow. As far as POTUS response, I agreed with them that it was not the United States' job to dictate Iran's internal politics rather however expressing concern is licit. The Iranians living and residing within the United States gave him a solid thumbs up for that response.
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