In this image taken from amateur video posted online from Tehran, Thursday, June 20, 2009, shows supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossien Mousavi setting fire to a barricade as they protest in Tehran. APTN /APFrom Time Magazine:
Iranian state television yesterday broadcast the soap operas and covered the news about Rafael Nadal's withdrawal from Wimbledon and Pakistani operations against the Taliban as if they were the most important stories in the world. Meanwhile, arriving over the internet transom, rough and insistent and bloody, were the tiny electronic dispatches from protesters forced off the streets of Tehran, shaky videos from a city screaming for help. For outsiders tuned into the blog posts, Facebook updates, Tweets and YouTube videos, the torrent of information was compelling and confusing, emotional and rife with rumors, full of sound and fury signifying ... what we do not yet know.
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My Comment: Iran will never be the same now. The Government has lost both legitimacy and power in front of its own people. And while the protesters may be defeated today/tomorrow/next week, the seeds for change are now there .... and it will only be a matter of time before they arise again.