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These are the Anne Franks of our time. Tweeting fragments of sentences to an audience just across the Internet; intermittent, fleeting glimpses into the chaos that has engulfed Tehran. As the city burns, some nondescript, elusive Iranis are the sole narrators of a story heard by millions. "Confirmed - Tabriz - Baseej headqurters set fire - "many" dead #Iranelection," they write. Nine words slip through the Ayotollah's information crackdown and paint a picture of rebellion - the flames spark the birth of democracy and kindle a passion in young Iranis and in the hearts of Americans who fight vicariously through these tiny looking glasses. These people are the medium through which the world will see Tehran in flames, and we will never know their names.

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