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Social media, including Twitter and YouTube, again appears to be playing a central role in public protest in Iran, following the precedent-setting election of 2009, where tweets were closely monitored around the world for news from the streets of Tehran and other cities.
Here, we've gathered together some of the best footage captured by protesters and onlookers on February 14th - or #bahman25, in Persian tweet-speak.
One protester went where he could not be ignored - the top of a crane overlooking Tehran.
Protesters surround and beat a man who the BBC reported was working for the secret police.
The headline for this video says this youth was shot in Tehran's Rudaki Avenue.
Protesters near Engehlab Square
This video purports to show protesters pulling down a poster of Ayatollah Khamenei, before being chased away.
Protesters shout purportedly shout the slogans 'Mubarak, Ben Ali, now it's time for Seyed Ali (Ayatollah Khamenei)
Protestors near Azarbaijan and Karoun intersection, Tehran, Feb. 14, 2011
People flee tear gas in Tehran:
Twitter
To follow news on the protests from Iran, the following Twitter hashtags are of use: #25bahman, 2009's #iranelection and #iran.
Prominent English-language activist tweeters included persianbanoo, khazelton, GreenQuran, jadi, IranStreets, madyar, and opposition candidate 25mousavi1388.
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