Posted by Hannah:
I hope that most of you care about the crisis in Iran right now. If you don't know much about it, that is okay, I didn't know very much either until about a week ago when I watched a certain video on YouTube. This video couldn't be posted on the blog because of it's graphic visuals. All you really need to know is this : The woman in the video is named Neda. She was attending a protest in Tehran a few weeks ago when militiamen opened fire on the group that she was standing in. Neda was shot in the heart, and lay in the middle of crowded street, dying in her father's arms. I don't necessarily advise people to watch this video, it is extremely graphic and shows a lot of blood. I got nauseous, I cried, and I had to turn it off. So if you don't think you can handle it, don't watch it. If you really want to, search
Neda YouTube.
The situation in Iran is becoming increasingly technicalized. The Iranian people have been using the internet; Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook have become places for citizens to vent their frustrations and to show the world what is really going on over there. Forgein media outlets are not allowed to film in the streets, so the world is depending on the Iranian people for information. I encourage everyone to search for as much information as they can on the crisis, it can never hurt to be educated. Also, any article or video that you find, check out the comments by people from across the globe. When I watched the Neda video, I did this. I saw comments in chinese, Spanish, German, Hindi, English, and countless other languages that I did not recognize. It is really cool to see how an event like this one can bring together so many people from across the world. Despite the differences in language, all of the comments said basically the same thing: R.I.P. Neda, you did not die in vain.
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