As Obama is planning this weekends family time, perhaps taking Michell to a Broadway opening or taking the kids for an ice cream or just 18 holes on Saturday then Sunday again, people are risking their very lives to twitter the following messages:
Lalezar Sq is same as Baharestan - unbelevable - ppls murdered everywhere
they catch ppl with mobile - so many killed today - so many injured - Allah Akbar - they take one of us
in Baharestan we saw militia with axe choping ppl like meat - blood everywhere - like butcher
SECURITY FORCES OPEN FIRE, BEAT PROTESTERS DURING PROTEST AT IRANIAN PARLIAMENT
they pull away the dead into trucks - like factory - no human can do this - we beg Allah for save us - #Iranelection (3 minutes ago)
Lalezar Sq is same as Baharestan - unbelevable - ppls murdered everywhere - #Iranelection
they catch ppl with mobile - so many killed today - so many injured - Allah Akbar - they take one of us - #Iranelection
in Baharestan we saw militia with axe choping ppl like meat - blood everywhere - like butcher - Allah Akbar - #Iranelection RT RT RT
reports of street fighting in Vanak Sq, Tajrish sq, Azadi Sq - now - #Iranelection - Sea of Green - Allah Akbar
rumour they are tracking high use of phone lines to find internet users - must move from here now - #Iranelection
all shops was closed - nowhere to go - they follow ppls with helicopters - smoke and fire is everywhere #Iranelection 7 minutes ago from web
ppl run into alleys and militia standing there waiting - from 2 sides they attack ppl in middle of alleys #Iranelection
so many ppl arrested - young & old - they take ppl away - #Iranelection - we lose our group
saw 7/8 militia beating one woman with baton on ground - she had no defense nothing - #Iranelection sure that she is dead
they were waiting for us - they all have guns and riot uniforms - it was like a mouse trap - ppl being shot like animals #Iranelection
I see many ppl with broken arms/legs/heads - blood everywhere - pepper gas like war - #Iranelection
just in from Baharestan Sq - situation today is terrible - they beat the ppls like animals - #Iranelection RT RT RT
I hope that the Iranian people know that Obama is concerned and will probably send a strongly worded letter sometime in the following weeks to support their cause. Meanwhile liberal Americans and democrats alike are saying that we have no place to get involved with your elections. Sorry.
Iranians have been sending the BBC footage of protests
At least 10 people were killed in Tehran on Saturday as police clashed with "terrorists" in protests over a disputed poll, Iranian state TV says.
State media also said family members of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani - a powerful opponent of the re-elected president - were arrested during the protests.
Defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has condemned "mass arrests" of supporters, Reuters news agency says.
Meanwhile Iran has ordered the BBC's Jon Leyne out of the country.
"With regret, we can confirm that Jon Leyne, the BBC's permanent correspondent in Tehran has been asked to leave by the Iranian authorities. The BBC office remains open," a BBC statement said.
Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV said on Sunday its Tehran office, which was closed by the Iranian authorities a week ago, had been ordered to stay shut indefinitely for "unfair reporting" of the 12 June election.
And Newsweek magazine said its correspondent Maziar Bahari - a Canadian national - was detained without charge on Sunday morning and had not been heard from since.
Campaign group Reporters Without Borders says Iranian authorities have detained 23 local journalists and bloggers since post-election protests began.
The demonstrations were sparked by disputed presidential elections, but have since escalated into Iran's most serious internal conflict since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has demanded an end to the protests. Witnesses said there did not appear to be any opposition gatherings or demonstrations on Sunday, according to the AFP news agency.
In other developments:
- Iran's most senior dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri calls for three days of national mourning for those killed in street protests, Reuters news agency reports
- Former pro-reform President Mohammad Khatami calls for the release of detained activists
- Iran police chief Gen Esmaeil Ahmadi Moghaddam warns any further unrest will be confronted "decisively"
- Iranian officials again attack the UK for "interfering".
High-level arrests
State media reports of Saturday's violence cannot be verified as foreign media in Iran are being severely restricted.
They accused "rioters" of setting two petrol stations ablaze and attacking a military post.
The state TV report said and more than 100 people had been wounded in clashes between police and "terrorist groups".
The BBC's Jeremy Bowen, in Tehran, says the reports could serve as a warning to Iranians that if they take part in further protests they risk getting embroiled in violence, or being identified as a "terrorist".
Mr Rafsanjani's daughter, Faezeh - who addressed supporters of protest leader and defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi on Tuesday - was among the Rafsanjani family members arrested on Saturday.
Faezah Hashemi was still being held on Sunday, but the other relatives had been released, Press TV said.
The arrests suggest the political dispute is fracturing the heart of the Iranian leadership, our correspondent says.
Mr Rafsanjani - an opponent of President Ahmadinejad - has maintained a public silence over recent days, but it is certain that he is active behind the scenes, our correspondent adds.
Late into night
Witness accounts on Saturday suggested police used live rounds, batons, tear gas and water cannon to break up demonstrations which went on late into the night.
Among unconfirmed material posted on the internet after Saturday's protests, a brief graphic video clip appearing to show a teenage girl dying from a wound, has fuelled anti-government feelings.
The girl, who has been called Neda, had been protesting with her father in Tehran when she was shot by pro-government Basij militia, according to one blogger.
Critics of the June presidential poll - which gave President Ahmadinejad a resounding 63% of votes, compared with 34% for Mr Mousavi, his nearest rival - say there is evidence of widespread vote-rigging.
In a statement on his website, Mr Mousavi accused authorities of cheating the Iranian people out of a rightful election result, reports said.
'Govern through consent'
The Iranian leadership has repeatedly accused foreign powers of interfering in Iran's domestic affairs, with the UK the particular focus of ire.
 Iranians have been sending clips of events in Tehran to sharing sites |
On Sunday President Ahmadinejad again highlighted alleged interference by the UK and US.
"By making hasty comments, you will not have a place in the circle of the Iranian nation's friends. Therefore, I recommend you to correct your interfering positions," he said in a statement on his website.
But UK Foreign Minister David Milliband said he rejected "categorically the idea that the protesters in Iran are manipulated or motivated by foreign countries".
In other reported developments, state TV said members of the exiled opposition group Mujahideen Khalq Organisation (MKO) had been arrested for "terrorist activities". The report said they had been burning buses and smashing public property - and had been taking orders from their operation room in the UK.
Are you in Iran? What do you think of the current situation? Are you taking part in the demonstrations?
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