Turning Tide #2: "C’mon, Look Happy"
With the Iranian government reasserting control, several images circulated yesterday of Ahmadinejad looking presidential -- or, as in the case above, at least ridiculously carefree.
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Turning Tide #1: Controlling the Streets
One sign that the hardline Iranian government has reasserted control in Tehran is that the flow of independent images has been reduced to a trickle.
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Your Turn: Hanging Chad
BAGnewsNotes readers respond to the New Yorker cover drawing a parallel between the stolen Iranian election and Bush-Gore 2000.
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Neda
This frame, distributed by Getty Images, was pulled from the gruesome YouTube video of the woman reportedly killed by the Basij at a Tehran protest rally on Saturday.... caption: A screen grab taken on June 21, 2009 from a video posted on YouTube allegedly shows Iranian men trying...
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American Mettle
It's not that I'm advocating a full bore U.S. military defense of the Iranian reformers. I am wondering, however, how far the situation has to go before a more vigorous American effort does merit deployment in the name of democracy.
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Yes, We Can Too
You don't think the days and days of Iranian reformers waving portraits around in front of cameras hasn't informed the behavior of this hard liner during Khamenei's talk today
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"Meet Mr. Mousavi"
Mousavi: Gracious. Intellectual. A little inward around the camera. Knows Ayatollah Khomeini (in white, no less) scores prime real estate. Desperate for more shelf space.
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What’s in a Sticker
My question, is: how much did the spirit and lyrics of Obama's long political campaign"sink into the mortar" of the Iranian opposition?
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Iran Social Media Working The Pictures
Alleged TV screenshot showing decline in votes for Mohsen Rezayi's from 633,068 at 9:47am to 587,913 at 13:53pm.
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The Zahra Factor
Maybe what caused Khamenei and the clerics to derail the Iranian election, as much as anything, was their disaffection with Mousavi's intense and outspoken confidant and wife.
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Fighting Pictures
If Twitter has played a dominant role in Iran's post-election events, so too have news photos.
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Question of Character
This screen grab may yet come to emblemize the god character of the reform protesters in Iran.
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The Post-Election Campaign
With the crisis in Iran playing out as much on the international media stage as domestically, Iran has engaged what could be called the "post-election" campaign.
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The "They"
Clearly, an important facet of the Iran situation has to do with who is being deployed by the government and with what degree of loyalty/ruthlessness.
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In the Gutter
Finally, because serious events always seems to go down when I step out, I'm hoping to focus on the crisis in Iran over the next few days, as well as pick up the rhythm on domestic terrorism having also missed the shooting at the Holocaust Memorial.
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Who won?
by guest blogger Cara Finnegan Remember that duck-rabbit image from your Psych 101 class? You know, the optical illusion where you alternately see a rabbit's ears or a duck's bill? This photo of torn campaign posters in Tehran invites the same visual confusion. Are we looking at moderate challenger...
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Campaign Update: The Youth Of Iran
If you're following the photo coverage of the tense and emotional Iranian election, the difference between "the Ahmadinejad-" and "Mousavi images" are fascinating.
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Beyond Ahmadinejad
You don't think the Iranians have had about enough of Ahmadinejad, just for the international damage?
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