With all the news agencies banned from reporting on the protest in Iran, social media have taken a very big role in providing people around the world with first hand accounts of the crisis in the country. Since the protest broke out in mid Jun, many social networking sites including YouTube have provided the platform to allow common people in the country to distribute images, video clips and even organize rallies for the cause.

Thanks to Mashable, We have complied Ten videos that show the situation in Iran right now. Be prepared as some of the videos can be very hard to stomach.

The first rally taken in 13 June in Tehran.

This video have over 400,000 views. It shows of a riot in Tehran on 13th Jun

The only ‘on-the-ground’ report by BBC news.

Police got involve with the protestors. You can hear the cries, the screams and alot of angry citizens.

The protest isn’t only happening in Tehran. Protests are being carried out around the world. This video show protest in Paris.

This video is named ‘Protest in Silence’

A very emotional video of a woman speaking about the state of her country.

Violence erupted as the Basij Militia open fire at the crowd. The situation is escalating and will be worse in the next few days.

A very disturbing video and if you can’t stomach the gore, don’t watch it.

As more and more people are joining the fight, this video sum up the sheer number of people displease with what is going on in the country.

Conclusion

First we had Thailand in political turmoil. Now we have Iran. You can’t help but wonder what is going on with the world leaders today.

Social media have certainly changed the way we look at the world and it has brought us to a point where there is no way we can hide anything. Yes, Iran tries to ban Facebook, Twitter and global news agencies from distributing information about the protest. But it doesn’t work because people power is stronger than any political forces. As Obama said ever so well, “No force can stop the people who want change”.

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