This is far from a new story. For months, political detainees in Iran have been getting messages, letters, and even manifestos out of their prisons. Reformist politicians such as Mostafa Tajzadeh have put out the word that their resistance has not ended; this week the latest declaration from student activist Majid Tavakoli, written in mid-September as candidates returned to universities, spread across the Internet. The flow of information has been so great that pro-Government media have turned their fire upon Iran's judiciary for failing to stop the messages.

This weekend, two more significant examples emerged. 

Fourteen journalists and activists in Evin Prison, including Bahman Ahmadi Amoui, Abdollah Momeni, Majid Dorri, Kouhyar Goudarzi, and Mohsen Mirdamadi, have demanded a national truth-finding commission to investigate the intervention of military and security forces in the 2009 Presidential elections.