Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/in-iran-political-protests-move-online Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript As pro-government forces in Iran try to quell protests over last week's disputed presidential election, supporters of reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi are taking their fight to social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, reports Lindsey Hilsum of ITN Channel 4. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JIM LEHRER: Now the Iran story increasingly being told and seen through new media. We start with a report from Tehran. The correspondent is Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News. LINDSEY HILSUM: These are the pictures we're not allowed to film. Tens of thousands of protestors in Tehran today, recorded on someone's mobile phone. The people came out in the late afternoon, undeterred, it seems, by warnings that such marches are illegal. They were largely silent, trying not to provoke a reaction from the Basij militia.State television also showed pictures of the march. On his Web site, the opposition leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, called for peaceful protests and for people to go to mosques tomorrow to mourn those who've been killed by the police and Basij.There was sporadic violence overnight. A police post was set on fire. Government militia attacked the university again, and we know of at least one person who was shot dead by the Basij. State TV is blaming the protestors for disturbing the peace.Yesterday, opposition supporters were addressed by a leading feminist and daughter of the powerful Mullah Hashemi Rafsanjani. Rafsanjani's backing of Mr. Mousavi has caused a crisis amongst Iran's clerics, as well as on the streets. It seems that the supreme leader's attempts to mollify the losing candidates yesterday has failed.AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI, Iran supreme leader (through translator): Everybody should confront these acts of sabotage. This violence had nothing to do with candidates. These are the acts of insurgents and mutineers.