The US population, for the most part, has such an unbelievable conception of Iranians that it defies even starting a conversation. And unfortunately, that negative perception is enhanced all to often by our politicians.  

I was on a train for three weeks in Jan-Feb 2001, traveling from Mumbai, through India to Nepal and back (yea it takes that long and we stopped off a lot), and wound up sharing a sleeper cabin with 5 Iranians for a week-- very educating. Back then, blogging wasn't much on the radar, but it took off here in the subsequent years, and it's also happening in Iran.

This is a short video, created by Vancouver Film School students Aaron Chiesa, Toru Kageyama, Hendy Sukarya, and Lisa Temes through the VFS Digital Design program.

I'm involved in a book project right now on the global netroots, and came across this video while reading through a popular Philippine blog, heh.

Update [2008-12-5 16:18:3 by Jerome Armstrong]: A in-depth Ethan Zuckerman post on social media in closed societies, including Iran.