As protests shake up Iran, the digital news outlet Iran Wire is providing critical insight into the revolt
. IranWire’s network of citizen journalists — everyday citizens wanting to hold the government accountable — help it break news on stories capturing global attention, from the fallout from Amini’s death to the punishment of Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi for competing without a hijab.“We are tired and we are sad for the people of Iran,” editor Shima Shahrabi said. “But on the other hand, we are determined to make their voices heard louder.
After his release in 2009, Bahari saw videos of anti-government protests sweeping the country emerge online. They weren’t “very good quality,” he said in an interview, but the energy in the country to report out the regime’s brutality was palpable. At the same time, Iranian journalists were fleeing the country to escape repression.
They rely on applications that allow people to access information posted online even if they are in a place where the internet is shutdown. They also recommend using Tor, a digital browser that helps evade government censorship and tracking, along with other virtual private networks to mask their physical location.
From his home in London, Shams reached out to sources in Tehran and got two credible ones to verify the details. He analyzed each frame of the video, noticing the bullet hole in the child’s cheek was likely an exit wound, indicating he may have been shot in the back while running away. “Whoever killed him wanted to kill him,” he said.Now, Javed Poushe, 11, killed in Zahedan province, will have his name and story preserved online for anyone to analyze.
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