Below are the various videos that leaked out of Iran today. First, one of the clearest clips of demonstrations at Neda's cemetery:
A dramatic shot of solidarity in the streets:
The Lede's Robert Mackey - an essential source for the Dish - writes of the following clip:
shot in Tehran today, near the prayer venue the authorities denied opposition leader permission to use:
A cacophony of car-honking (a similar clip in a tunnel here):
Traffic is completely backed up with chanting Iranians:
A reader translates:
People are chanting "esteghlal, azadi, jomhoorie Irani") Independence, Freedom, IRANIAN republic) as a play on one of the most popular slogans of the 1979 revolution: "esteghlal, azadi, jomhoorie eslami" (Independence, Freedom, ISLAMIC republic)
In this clip, notice the number of defiant women:
A twitterer translates:
Ppl chant: dead to rusia & china / allaho akbar (big god) / in mettro
Nico provided some great context to these chants a few weeks ago:
The chants against Russia and China -- whose governments have both recognized Ahmadinejad's election victory -- were widely used today. As noted below by a reader, the strategic benefit here seems to be associating the Iran's government with a foreign power, just as the government is trying to do to tar the reformists.
From the distant city of Isfahan:
In many ways this clip (also from Isfahan) is the most powerful one from today: