Google Maps Track Iran Protests

As the protests in Iran continue for the second week, a Google user named Xárene Eskandar is following the activity on a Google Maps page, logging the events each day as they’re reported. The latest map from Wednesday , tracks events by the hour and shows the movement of special forces vans and military helicopters as they close in on protesters as well as the location where protesters have reported seeing or hearing gunshots. Although the protests began as dissension against the election results, they appear to have quickly evolved into a mass movement for civil rights reform, marked by iconic images of Neda Agha Soltan, the young woman who was slain by a government sniper on Saturday while watching the protest in the street.

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