We must watch the unfolding of events in Iran after the people exercised their right to vote. We need to see how the people respond to how their votes were not correctly counted or were disregarded. Responses to political events are lessons in creating mass movements. Here are some of the events culled from BBC news:
Campaign group Reporters Without Borders says 23 local journalists and bloggers have been arrested over the past week.
The protests were sparked by the presidential election on 12 June, which officials said incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won by a landslide. Iranian state TV reported that 10 people had died and 100 were injured when protesters and police clashed on Saturday.
On Sunday, thousands of security officers were out on the streets but protesters stayed away.
Many residents of northern Tehran could be heard shouting from the rooftops "death to the dictator" and "Allahu akbar" on Sunday evening, according to Jeremy Bowen.
The chants have become a popular form of protest, and our correspondents say men, women and children joined in and Sunday's chanting was much louder than on previous days.
BBC REPORT 21 June 2009
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