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In the wake of an admission by Iran’s Guardian council that there were some election irregularities, protests against the election results have continued and evolved. But the country’s elite Revolutionary Guard has warned that it will crack down violently on any future demonstrations. At least 17 people have been killed in what is being dubbed Iran’s Green Revolution – Green is the color favored by the opposition candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi who lost to the incumbent Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. Meanwhile the Iranian parliament announced yesterday that Ahmadinejad would be inaugurated for his second presidential term in August. Over the past several days, a dramatic video of a young Iranian woman bleeding to death on the streets, has further outraged protesters. Twenty six year old Neda Agha Soltani, who apparently supported neither presidential candidate was shot in the chest by plain-clothes militia called the Basij. She, like tens of thousands of Iranians have been taking to the streets demanding what many are now calling a movement for civil rights. Images of teargas, and bullets being used against the demonstrators have spread across the globe like wildfire. Iranian expatriates have used social networking sites to spread cell-phone videos and images. Twitter.com even postponed its scheduled down-time for maintenance to allow for its service to be used by demonstrators and their supporters.

GUEST: Jack Bratich is an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University whose latest article is called The Fog Machine: Iran, Social Media and the Rise of Genetically Modified Grassroots Organizations

Read Jack Bratich’s article here: http://www.counterpunch.org/bratich06222009.html

GUEST: Sasan Fayazmanesh, Professor of Economics at Cal State Fresno, and co-Director of it’s Middle East Program, and author of United States and Iran: War, Sanctions, and the Policy of Dual Containment.

GUEST: Chris Hedges is a familiar voice on Uprising and KPFK – he is a veteran journalist, having spent 15 years reporting for the New York Times, and has been a foreign correspondent in many countries including Iran. His latest article on Truthdig.com is called “Iran Had a Democracy Before We Took It Away.”

Read Chris Hedges’ article here: http://www.truthdig.com/report/print/20090622_iran_had_a_democracy_before_we_took_it_away/