Although this is unconfirmed, it seems this website might be ratting out protesters. ??? ?????????? ?? ????? ???? Just a heads up.
You're absolutely right about the purpose of this site. My Iranian wife's eyebrows immediately went up when I showed it to her. It is indeed an attempt to identify particular protesters from published pictures, treating them as criminals to be tracked down. "Gerdab", the domain name, means "Vortex" or "Whirlpool" in Farsi, btw, with fatal not-coming-back-up connotations. Not good. Anything we can do to these people?
........................................................................................................ Jesus, Joseph and Mary!! Someone should tell these people to cover their faces! Iranian intelligence will track these people down and make their lives (and their families) a living HELL!! Cover up for godssake!
Ummm, you may want to check this thread first... http://iran.whyweprotest.net/pictures/1701-faces-basiji.html
It sure seems like it. I used google translate for some of it and although not perfect, it does seem to indicate that's what's happening on that site.
So... What to do? Anyone? How about flooding them with made up names and addresses or something, if this truly should be a govt. page? Or give them names of basij swines?
From The Washington Post Washington Post: "Mousavi made no public appearances Sunday and some analysts in Tehran were concerned that the [state's] media campaign, which featured at least one militia leader and a law professor questioning the legality of his actions, was preparing the ground for his arrest. ... Authorities appeared to be seeking to blame the violence on radicals. State television charged that 'the presence of terrorists . . . was tangible' in Saturday's events. It asked viewers to send video of protesters in order to help authorities to arrest them."
...................................................................................................... Admin should take these photos down ASAP for the sake of the people protesting. Protesting in countries like Iran is not like protesting in the West. Their intelligence agencies will launch a witchhunt in hunting protestors down. They will face beatings and even torture if identified.
Some Confusion I'd swear that the CNN website had the photo of the man in a white shirt wearing glasses, holding the gun, only the caption below the photo stated that this man was a Moussavi supporter and that the gun is a toy gun, used to intimidate the basij. And yet, if the previous post is correct and the website mentioned in this thread shows photos of basij, then it appears they have some inaccurate information, as they are claiming he is a basij. I question whether (1) anyone could get that close to a basij and (2) whether a basij would allow someone to take their photo like this. Is it possible that the website mentioned in this thread actually contains photos of protesters wishing to be identified by the basij, and not the other way around? If so, by posting photos of protesters, many of the Western news sites may be unintentionally implicating protesters in Iran. Perhaps the Western media should no longer post photos of protesters, at least if their faces are shown in the photo.
Some Confusion Part Deux As an example, check out A Mousavi supporter holds a toy gun in his hand to intimidate police and militia and ??? ?????????? ?? ????? ????
Can someone who reads Farsi please read the website mentioned in this thread (??? ?????????? ?? ????? ????) and confirm that these are photos of protesters awaiting identification by the basij? If so, someone ought to notify the Western Media that they should NOT continue posting photos showing the faces of the protesters. This is only playing into the hands of the basij. Also, if these are photos of protesters, is it possible to shut the Iranian website down somehow?
Site spews pro-Gov't rhetoric and has images of protesters with red outlines asking for information about them. Says all information on protesters should be submitted to authorities. How to proceed? NO DDOS PLANNING HERE! BultanNews.ir
This is insane and outrageous! You are right! This is disgusting. I can understand the man with the gun, but these others are peaceful protesters...
Fucking evil iran gov media cocksuckers that is pretty lame is there an english translation of this page?
If this is true, we should all notify as many media outlets as possible, especially the larger news organizations, and tell them NOT to post photos of protesters if their faces are visible. Obviously this website is scouring the Internet to find photos of protesters.
That makes me nauseous!!!!!1. This is outrageous! This is the worst virus the web has ever seen. This virus must be dealt with. Call in complaints to international network authorities. Cerf, Interpol, ican, w3, UN, NATO. Ugh just disgusting and most unwelcome news!!!!!!! Is there justice?
dude! The man is holding a TOY gun. It was captioned in an AFP release "A protester holds a toy gun to scare off riot police" it is so clearly a toy
Give them lots of names and lots of data. LOTS of names and LOTS of data. I haven't seen any of the photos, but I'm pretty sure Mr. Ruhollah Khomeini is in there. He stays in a rather upscale place in Tehran. Does anyone have his address?
Could we get a translation up here on what this "news site" is saying? What are they suggesting? Dob them in? Beat them up? Shoot these people on site? This site does very need some srsrly attention.
Website identifying/targeting protestors!! we must act! www.bultannews.com See for yourself, even without translating the photos make its intent obvious. (a translation would be nice though) IP addr. 74.55.186.66: OrgName: ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc. OrgID: TPCM Address: 315 Capitol Address: Suite 205 City: Houston StateProv: TX PostalCode: 77002 Country: US ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.theplanet.com:4321 NetRange: 74.52.0.0 - 74.55.255.255 CIDR: 74.52.0.0/14 OriginAS: AS13749, AS21844, AS30315, AS36420 NetName: NETBLK-THEPLANET-BLK-14 NetHandle: NET-74-52-0-0-1 Parent: NET-74-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: NS1.THEPLANET.COM NameServer: NS2.THEPLANET.COM Comment: RegDate: 2006-02-17 Updated: 2009-02-24 which is strange, thought it also links a .ir site which may be worth looking at. we have work to do. EDIT: seems someone beat me to the punch. go there
The last Org that you want to have any involvement is the UN. Pray that they stay as far away as possible.
Icedude, Mate You really should keep this all in the one thread. You are splitting the anger. This is serious.
I forgot to mention, Mr. Ruhollah Khomeini's favorite color is blue, his favorite song is that one about "Apple Bottom Jeans" by Flo-ri-da, and he enjoys sunset walks along the beach with that special someone. I'm afraid I don't know Farsi, so could someone relay this information to the authorities on my behalf? I want to be helpful and provide them with as many names and as much information as I can.
IP addr. 74.55.186.66: OrgName: ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc. OrgID: TPCM Address: 315 Capitol Address: Suite 205 City: Houston StateProv: TX PostalCode: 77002 Country: US ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.theplanet.com:4321 NetRange: 74.52.0.0 - 74.55.255.255 CIDR: 74.52.0.0/14 OriginAS: AS13749, AS21844, AS30315, AS36420 NetName: NETBLK-THEPLANET-BLK-14 NetHandle: NET-74-52-0-0-1 Parent: NET-74-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: NS1.THEPLANET.COM NameServer: NS2.THEPLANET.COM Comment: RegDate: 2006-02-17 Updated: 2009-02-24 seems it's hosted in Houston
***IMPORTANT*** Contact all media outlets you can, tell them that by publishing the faces of protesters they are putting their lives in danger at the hands of Iran's security apparatus. THEY SHOULD BE PUTTING A GRAPHIC CENSOR OR MOSAIC ON THE FACES TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITY!!
I read Farsi and can confirm that this site is trying to identify the protesters. It says "identify these trouble makers (or anarchists)".
If that's accurate, perhaps we can contact the company hosting the server and ask them to shut it down. This is disgraceful! ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc. SnapshotPeople Company Overview ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc., doing business as The Planet, provides on demand information technology (IT) infrastructure solutions in North America and internationally. It offers IT hosting services, including managed hosting and servers hosting services. The company also provides single processor single core, single processor multi core, multi processor single core, multi processor multi core, ready to go, and data protection servers; and private racks and virtual private racks. It serves small- and medium-sized businesses. ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in Annapolis, Maryland. The company has data centers in Dallas and Houston. 275 West Street Suite 204 Annapolis, MD 21401 United States Founded in 1994 Phone: 410-990-0274 Fax: 410-990-0047 www.theplanet.com Key Executives Mr. Douglas J. Erwin Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Age: 54 Mr. Scott Hyten President Mrs. Leigh Hudson Controller Mr. Kevin Klausmeyer Chief Financial Officer Age: 49 Mr. Lance Crosby Chief Operating Officer
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