A female newsreader for Radio Zamaneh who did not want to be photographed recognizable, reads newscasts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday June 24, 2009. Information comes from old friends and classmates, from Facebook, blogs and cell phones, and from a growing list of listeners, flowing from the streets of Tehran to the small radio station in the capital of the Netherlands. Until the Iranian election this month, Radio Zamaneh was more interested in underground music, alternative literature and interviews with Iranian cultural figures that with politics. Now it is one of the few Persian-language sources of unfiltered information for Iranians whose access to news is strictly controlled by the regime of the Islamic Republic. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

A female newsreader for Radio Zamaneh who did not want to be photographed recognizable, reads newscasts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday June 24, 2009. Information comes from old friends and classmates, from Facebook, blogs and cell phones, and from a growing list of listeners, flowing from the streets of Tehran to the small radio station in the capital of the Netherlands. Until the Iranian election this month, Radio Zamaneh was more interested in underground music, alternative literature and interviews with Iranian cultural figures that with politics. Now it is one of the few Persian-language sources of unfiltered information for Iranians whose access to news is strictly controlled by the regime of the Islamic Republic.

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