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SOCIAL MEDIA &#IRANELECTION
Analysis of the Social Media Response Iranian ElectionJune 2009
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BACKGROUNDER
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Key Players: Incumbent President Mahmoud AhmadinejadReformist candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi•
 
Situation: Ahmadinejad claimed victory in presidentialelections with more than two-thirds of the votes.However, Mousavi and other reformists claimed major votingirregularities occurred. Peaceful, then eventually violentprotests occurred when hundreds of thousands Iranians took to the streets of Tehran.•
 
Media: Due to the heavy censorship of mainstream media, citizen journalists relied on social media, such as Twitter andYouTube, to communicate the situation to both Iranians andthe outside world in real time.Timeframe
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June 13-June 29, 2009
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MILESTONE TIMELINE
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June 13 Ahmadinejad wins the presidential election•
 
June 14 Mousavi askes Iran's Guardian Council to cancel the election result•
 
June 15 At least seven people are killed on the fringes of a large march byMousavi supporters in central Tehran•
 
June 16 Authorities ban foreign journalists from leaving their offices to coverstreet protests•
 
June 17 Thousands of Iranians march in quiet defiance in central Tehran•
 
June 19 Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini speaks at religiousservices, upholding the legitimacy of the election and denouncing theprotesters. Protests continue but on a diminished scale•
 
June 20 Neda Agha Soltan, a young Iranian woman observing the protests,is shot by the militia and died in front of cameras- her imagebecomes the face of the protests•
 
June 29 Guardian Council certifies the results of the election
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