It appears that hundreds of thousands showed up for the unsanctioned march organized by Moussavi:

You can real-time updates from those in Iran using this twitter search.

Also, as a side note, I was actually excited to get in my car this morning, because I was sure NPR would be covering this (unlike CNN).  A false hope.  The only thing that was mentioned was Khameini’s call for an investigation, which, to me, just looks like a smoke-screen tactic.

It seems that the only place to find news about this is to get it raw from twitter, or to check with Andrew Sullivan, the NYTimes Lede blog, or the NIAC blog, who have all done an excellent job covering the story.

Tags: election, iran, iranElection, protest

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