According to CNN, protesters in Iran are making use of social networks to spread word of their plight:
At the height of the protests and disorder in Tehran on Saturday and Sunday, Twitter was used to give graphic accounts to a worldwide audience - even if they were a maximum of 140 characters.
Tweets from "Change for Iran" were among several that offered real time updates: "...my friend saying more than 100 students arrested, I can't confirm this but the numbers are high. bastards just attacked us for no reason, I lost count of how much tear gas they launched at us! ...we have now some students with urgent need of medical attention I'm calling out to all ppl who can come here don't leave us."
This link, to a USA Today story on Iran, was found using a Twitter search with the simplest term "Iran."
A quick search of 'Iran Election' yields a multitude of conversations from people in and around the entire region.
No doubt Twitter has opened the flood gates of Mass Communication. It is unlikely any government will be able to contain it ever again...
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