According to the AP:

Iranian authorities are restricting all journalists working for foreign media from firsthand reporting on the streets. The rules cover all journalists, including Iranians working for foreign media. It blocks images and eyewitness descriptions of the protests and violence that has followed last week’s disputed elections.

The order issued Tuesday limits journalists for foreign media to work only from their offices, conducting telephone interviews and monitoring official sources such as state television. It comes as foreign reporters in Iran to cover the elections began leaving the country. Iranian officials say they will not extend their visas.

Iranian state-run media is reporting that many opposition leaders have been arrested “with explosives and guns.”

Luckily, we still have Twitter to get the real story.  If you want to help the people in Iran access it, here’s instructions on how to set up a proxy server (Windows, Mac, Linux).

Tags: election, iran, iranElection, protest

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