... (0 comments)Now we can see at least some of the reason why the Iranian government has been jamming satellite signals and disrupting mobile phone service:
h/t Sully Reports of clashes in the streets are beginning to come in:
Riot police battled with protesters Saturday as officials announced that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won a landslide election victory. His opponent denounced the results as “treason”… NBC News reported “violent clashes” between rock-throwing protesters and police in the center of Tehran…. Several injuries were reported after police officers hit protesters with batons. Witnesses said some demonstrators appeared to have been arrested. Black-clad police also gathered around key government buildings and mobile phone text messaging was blocked in an apparent attempt to stifle one of the main communication tools by Mousavi’s movement.
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Like Burma and China, first you cut all outside communications, then you suppress your opponents, and then you present a finished election.