The Iranian government has placed tight controls on media organizations as protests over the recent presidential election have grown. But this has not stopped news and images from emerging out of Iran.
Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter are providing up-to-the-second news. Though, as Foreign Policy magazine warns, there are fakers and provocateurs out there.
Even Wikipedia had to lock its entry on the June 12 elections, citing vandalism.
Still images are constantly surfacing on Flickr, Picasa and Photobucket of events in Iran and sympathetic protests worldwide.
The international journalists association Reporters Without Borders provides news on press crackdowns and the whereabouts of journalists on its Iran page.
YouTube is teeming with videos, but one in particular may well emerge as the iconic image of the election protests.
In what's tagged the "Neda video," a young woman lays dying after reportedly being gunned down by a government militia member. However, The Associated Press said it could not verify the location, date or the content of the video, which is explicit.
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