From Slog reader Alex:

Can you post something about this?

http://www.nwpersians.com/events/june192009/

I'm not connected with this group, but I have been looking for some local way to show my support. And I've other Slog readers ask about what they can do.

Also, there's this tomorrow at the Seattle Center:

http://iaca-seattle.org/iranian-festival-seattle

It looks like they are going to try to keep it more cultural than political, But it seems like a lot is going to happen between now and tomorrow morning, and nobody knows what exactly. (Also, they'll be serving Persian food!)

Good timing on your annual Iranian festival, Seattle Center. It may go down in history as the best-attended Festal event ever.

Meanwhile in Iran—more marching, more shooting, more Twitter:

Voices are louder tonight.

Tonight at 10 pm, on the rooftops everyone chanted 'Death to the Dictator.' On previous nights it wasn't so strong.

People are angry. I think it will get pretty bloody tomorrow." end quote

Iran's situation is crisis , all say that tomorrow is a conflict day

The young boys and girls of Tehran, not the students, are "Basiji Hunting" at night. This is crucial to success.

A little bit more about the basij who, after Khameni's warning to demonstrators today, might be bolder and more violent over the weekend. From AP:

Formed during the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Basij (buh-SEEJ) became one of Iran's most zealous forces in the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, often leading charges through minefields.

"The Basij began as cannon fodder for the Revolutionary Guard during the war with Iraq. Now, they are there to do the dirty work for them: breaking up parties, hassling women about their hijab (head covering) and much more violent acts," said Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian-born independent analyst living in Israel.