Were these legitimate Iranian people or the works of a propaganda machine? I became curious and decided to investigate the origins of the information. In doing so, I narrowed it down to a handful of people who have accounted for 30,000 Iran related tweets in the past few days. Each of them had some striking similarities -
1. They each created their twitter accounts on Saturday June 13th.
2. Each had extremely high number of Tweets since creating their profiles.
3. “IranElection” was each of their most popular keyword
4. With some very small exceptions, each were posting in ENGLISH.
5. Half of them had the exact same profile photo
6. Each had thousands of followers, with only a few friends. Most of their friends were EACH OTHER.
Person | About | Day |
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نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
I stalked someone!!????????????????????????
by rosie is roxy is roshan on Fri Jun 19, 2009 09:23 PM PDTI staaalked someone!!?????????????????????????
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5B-Z0aagU4&feature=PlayList&p=9FEF80E2A73D592D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=47
The links bellow, as I
by Shah Ghollam on Fri Jun 19, 2009 08:08 PM PDTThe links bellow, as I posted before here, are much the same as the article posted here by Barbra. However the last link proves how Jpost tried to hide the evidence:
Monday, June 15, 2009 19:52
//www.chartingstocks.net/2009/06/proof-israeli-effort-to-destabilize-iran-via-twitter/
or try link below for The Jerusalem Post's response :
//www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184858248&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull The JPOST removal of edidence: //www.chartingstocks.net/2009/06/jpost-removes-the-evidence-and-issues-a-response-iranelection/ Shah Gholam
Sorry Barbra
by IRANdokht on Fri Jun 19, 2009 06:23 PM PDTI didn't mean to take over your post.
I appreciate how nice you were in your response to me.
I also apologize for assuming you were to have another a in your name. I guess that's a big insult to ask people about the spelling of their names...
best
IRANdokht
No Worries and Rosie
by IRANdokht on Fri Jun 19, 2009 06:21 PM PDTrosie:
to say that the young people behind IranRiggedElect, IranElection09 and others are agents of Israel when they are the Iranians who have been trying to get their message out, and calling these iranian kids agents of Israel who want to destabilize Iran which is treason is not the appropriate thing to do at this time of turmoil in Iran.
Clear now?
and you: (don't want to embarass you more than what you're doing to yourself so I won't name you)
I hear you stalked someone else a while ago too... It's simply pathetic! I think at certain age, people should pretty much have matured enough not to act like an obsessed teenager.
Stop hating me ladies.
I have nothing to do with you! I am not interested in your point of view, I don't particularly like to read your take on issues and I don't care what you think of me.
It's just annoying to have a few people follow you around just to belittle you. Or have one of them send her husband to do the job for her.
It's really not my style to stoop as low, or even respond to such tactics, so take this one response and if you have to print it out and read it every time you come back to harrass me, just do it, but read this part first: stop being pathetic!
I noticed the deleted comment and the changes you've been making. So what I didn't know how Barbra Streisand spells her name? I don't even like her! Is that such a big crime that you have to make such a big deal out of it?
This obsession of yours is ridiculous, you're both older than me and should act more mature than this!Why should I tell you that this type of behavior is not becoming of grown ups?
IRANdokht
Dear Barbra
by no worries (not verified) on Fri Jun 19, 2009 04:36 PM PDTWell aren't you the lucky one! You've got the resident know-it-all telling you how to spell your name (and dont ANYONE be fooled by the "nice" tone, it was SARCASTIC to the max). Don't worry though. Iranian.com does NOT belong to her and she does NOT set the rules for anyone who registers. You are free to speak your mind and post anything you want. Double standards when someone sets the rules for anyone coming to iranian.com and having to say only nice things... does that apply to people coming to live in the US as well? After all, this IS America.
Dear IranDOKHT (Barbra),
by rosie is roxy is roshan on Fri Jun 19, 2009 04:42 PM PDTThe feed is not about Iranians.
It's about Israelis.
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Dear Barbra, re Irandokht's comment below:
by rosie is roxy is roshan on Fri Jun 19, 2009 02:48 PM PDTBarbra, (I thought the name is spelled Barbara, maybe you skipped the a on purpose) I know you are only recommending this article. But whether or not you are Iranian, you're on an iranian website so please make sure the articles you recommend do not portray iranians in such negative light
Post what you like, when you like and as you like. Hell, you can even spell your name the way you like.
The only thing you havevto get iranDOKHT's approval on is your choice of punctuation.
This is ridiculous
by Kaveh Nouraee on Fri Jun 19, 2009 02:01 PM PDTFor anyone to suggest that the Israelis have any involvement in this proves the depths of their desperation.
Yeah but jpost was also the only paper I saw prominently
by rosie is roxy is roshan on Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:25 AM PDT//iranian.com/main/news/2009/06/17/barak-mousavi-fundamentalist-too
featuring opinion riots would go nowhere and soon be quelled, and quoted MOSSAD about it extensively (not Barak). So if they wanted to destabilize Iran why would they dedicate so much space to explaining that it's not worth the candle?
And also Barak's insistence that even if Moussavi were president nothing substantive would change..
well I also just signed up a few days ago and
by Barbra on Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:05 AM PDTand I agree that this article is too much of an exaggeration, this guy has no proof but I think he has quite a point...Or do you think that any "foreign forces" aren't involved in this at all?
But you're right, maybe now, when these brave people are risking their lifes in the streets, we should shut up about the evil Israelis and the US for a while...
I'm really sorry if someone find that article offensive towards the Iranians. I thought it was at least interesting to read...just another point of view...
hmmm
by IRANdokht on Fri Jun 19, 2009 07:35 AM PDTI joined twitter just recently and only for iran election news too.
I didn't know you can have friends on twitter, I just either follow or I have people following me. How do I make a friends list there?
When I post in english, I also include #iranelection in the message.
Ooooops
I must be an Israeli agent
Barbra, (I thought the name is spelled Barbara, maybe you skipped the a on purpose) I know you are only recommending this article. But whether or not you are Iranian, you're on an iranian website so please make sure the articles you recommend do not portray iranians in such negative light.
These people have fought for a week and risked their lives every day of it to bring their message to the world. They don't deserve to be accused of treason.
You might have picked this article to dispute it, in that case, please include your own comment too so there's no misunderstanding. People tend to kill the messenger all the time.
Thanks
IRANdokht
BS
by David ET on Fri Jun 19, 2009 06:43 AM PDT1- There are many twitters in Persian and many translate for foreigners
2- The news is there everywhere and those on twitter just communicate it
3- Mousavi and millions of people are not Israelis
4- With or without twitter this thing is happening. 1979 there was no twittr and Iranians were still able to communicate
5- The ones shooting at people are not Israelis
6- There are confirmed Iran intelligence on twitter giving misinformation
7- I just read JP link provided, the report is not any different than other networks. There is no mention or name of three people. Stop the lie and BS
Be concerned with their own country
by HATEIRI on Fri Jun 19, 2009 06:26 AM PDTIt is not Israeli who is destabilizing the country
it is the Mullahs and they have been doing it for 30 years by stealing corruption rape and torture
I think the Pakistanis should be concerned with their own country and leave our country alone
I promise you a new democratic Iran means no more free gas or letting you steal our Iranian women and let you smuggle drug in to Iran
FREE IRAN
CHEERS