Republic of fear

I have an acquaintance (friend-of-a-friend) who is from Iran. He probably doesn't me to blog about this, but he was asked if he heard any news directly from home. His response was that he doesn't dare ask about the protests over the telephone for fear of the government listening in. Everything's coming over the Internet.

These crowds of protesters keep growing and I think everybody's waiting to see if it peters out or whether we're witnessing "Tiananmen Square 2" in the making.

More - CNN: "Iranian protesters mostly unfazed by government warnings."