Fintan Dunne’s latest post looks at a suspected ‘Blackout’ protest during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s television address on Tuesday evening:
The speech was also accompanied by widespread electricity blackouts said claims by online protesters using Twitter. The protesters had earlier pre-arranged a call for Iranians to plug in heavy power load household devices such as dryers, irons and toasters at 9:45pm local time, as Ahmadinejad’s speech began.Online Twitter feeds claimed blackouts were achieved in East Tehran, Sari, Tabriz, Isfehan, Rodehen, Saghez, Lavasan, Ahvaz, Khoramshahr, Dezfol, Jahrom, Khomini Shahr, Shahin Shar, Folad Shahr, Kashan and some of Rasht.
We’ve been discussing the possibility of protests in Iran moving away from large, highly visible demonstrations towards smaller, more subtle disobedience. Could this be an example?
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