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Matthew Weaver, Guardian, Iran protests: One-man video channel that is a thorn in Tehran's side, 11 June 2010 "Until his father was arrested, Mehdi Saharkhiz had little to do with Iranian politics. But since the arrest in the aftermath of the disputed elections last July, Saharkhiz, a 28-year-old graphic designer living in New Jersey, has poured all his energies into a one-man internet video channel that has captured crucial moments of the country's unrest.

"Saharkhiz has become the source for dramatic mobile phone footage of the demonstrations and their violent suppression. As independent mainstream media has effectively been banned from Iran, it is these amateur clips that have perhaps best documented what has been happening in the country – and they have been a major irritant to Tehran."

See onlymehdi for examples of the clips, and also Twitter @onlymehdi.

Twitter: oxfordgirl

Matthew Weaver, Guardian, Oxfordgirl vs Ahmadinejad: the Twitter user taking on the Iranian regime, 10 Feb 2010 "Known only by her Twitter name, Oxfordgirl has emerged as a crucial link between the protesters and the outside world. "Before they started blocking mobile phones I was almost co-ordinating people's individual movements – 'Go to such and such street,' or 'Don't go there, the Basij [militia] are waiting,' " she said. "It was very strange to be sitting in Oxford and co-ordinating things like that.""

Twitter: oxfordgirl