Three weeks ago I’m embarrassed to admit I could not have pointed to Tehran on a map. Now I have mastered highly focused YouTube searches in written Farsi and yesterday even got the point where I took issue with the New York Times for doubting the date of a video I had uploaded. (Like a geometry proof, I cited location, crowd makeup, and careful analysis of hundreds of other videos)

Since June 18th when I opened my YouTube account, my uploaded videos have received a combined 468,554 views. Most of these clips I found in other places and converted to YouTube so they would easier for Nico @ HuffPo to share. Almost all of them show terrible violence that I feel absolutely no pride in associating myself with. But of the footage to make it out from Iran, and I have seen almost all of it, I believe these “Poems” are the most important. Violence may have an easier time capturing our attention, but art is always more powerful at providing the resonance we need to understand and remember. These three videos capture the beating heart of this moment in Iran, and I feel truly fortunate to have been able to play any small part in making sure they are more fully seen.

7/12 UPDATE: There is a fourth video from June 22nd! Coming soon!!

This is meant to be the most complete possible collection of recordings of nighttime protest in Iran since the beginning of the uprising. Its goal is to locate and profile at least one video for each night primarily focusing on the nightly chanting of Allah-o-Akbar from the rooftops whenever that footage is available. Some of these videos have not been widely seen until now. I will continue to update this post with new videos as they become available, please encourage people in Iran to try to record these evening chants of Allah-o-Akbar so that the world can continue to see and hear them every day. There are several days for which I was unable to find a video – please help me find them! – you can email me at itsmightier@gmail.com – I can post the videos anonymously under my YouTube account if needed. The permalink for this post will be http://mightierthan.com/rooftop

This project is dedicated to “Oldouz84″

تکمیل‌ترین جمع ضبط شبهای ایران از آغاز شلوقیها. روز با روز با سعی‌ اولیه از نشون دادن الله اکبر از پشتبونها. بعضی‌ از اینها بطور زیاد تا باحال دیده نشدن. من با رسیدن ویدئوهای جدید این سایت رو ادامه میدم. لطفا از ایرانیان خواهش کنید که همچنان ادامه ضبط الله اکبر در شبها باشند که تمام دنیا شاهد روزانه این فعلیتها باشند. چند روز بود که ویدئو گیر نیاوردم اگر دستتن اومد به من ایمیل بزنین
و اگر مخواهید میتوانم زیر اسم ناشناس برییتون آپلود کنم.

“Oldouz84″ این رو اهدا می‌کنم به
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GO TO THE LATEST DATE

TUESDAY JUNE 9th / 19 KHORDAD
Before the Election

FRIDAY JUNE 12th / 22 KHORDAD
Election Night

ON THE STREETS (Help me find Allah-o-Akbar for this date)

SATURDAY JUNE 13th / 23 KHORDAD

ON THE STREETS (Allah-o Akbar is below this)

ENGLISH NARRATION, GUNSHOTS CAN BE HEARD

SUNDAY JUNE 14th / 24 KHORDAD

MONDAY JUNE 15th / 25 KHORDAD

VIOLENCE IN THE DARK

ALLAH-O-AKBAR – I really love this video, watch for the couple at 1:24

TUESDAY JUNE 16th / 26 KHORDAD

POEM FOR THE ROOFTOPS OF IRAN: DEFENSELESS PEOPLE

WEDNESDAY JUNE 17th / 27 KHORDAD

THURSDAY JUNE 18th / 28 KHORDAD

FRIDAY JUNE 19th / 29 KHORDAD
after Khamenei announces protests will be put down

POEM FOR THE ROOFTOPS OF IRAN: WHERE IS THIS PLACE

SATURDAY JUNE 20th / 30 KHORDAD
after brutal crackdown, murder of Neda

POEM FOR THE ROOFTOPS OF IRAN: LISTEN CLOSELY

ANOTHER WORTH SEEING

SUNDAY JUNE 21st / 31 KHORDAD

POEM FOR THE ROOFTOPS: “LET US NOT FORGET”

ANOTHER

MONDAY JUNE 22nd / 1 TIR

TUESDAY JUNE 23rd / 2 TIR

MAY NOT BE ACCURATE DATE – WAS POSTED 6/23 BUT THAT IS ONLY INDICATION

WEDNESDAY JUNE 24th / 3 TIR

THURSDAY JUNE 25th / 4 TIR

VIGIL FOR THE DEAD @ TEHRAN UNIVERSITY (Help me find Allah-o-Akbar video for this date)

FRIDAY JUNE 26th / 5 TIR

SATURDAY JUNE 27th / 6 TIR

SUNDAY JUNE 28th / 7 TIR

MONDAY JUNE 29th / 8 TIR

TUESDAY JUNE 30th / 9 TIR

WEDNESDAY JULY 1st / 10 TIR

THURSDAY JULY 2nd / 11 TIR

FRIDAY JULY 3rd / 12 TIR

SATURDAY JULY 4th / 13 TIR

SUNDAY JULY 5th / 14 TIR

MONDAY JULY 6th / 15 TIR

MAY NOT BE ACCURATE DATE – WAS POSTED 7/6 BUT THAT IS ONLY INDICATION

TUESDAY JULY 7th / 16 TIR

WEDNESDAY JULY 8th / 17 TIR

THURSDAY JULY 9th / 18 TIR
after protesters return to the streets

FRIDAY JULY 10th / 19 TIR

SATURDAY JULY 11th / 20 TIR

SUNDAY JULY 12th / 21 TIR

MONDAY JULY 13th / 22 TIR

also from tonight, the candlelight neighborhood of 19 year old Sohrab Aarabi

TUESDAY JULY 14th / 23 TIR

WEDNESDAY JULY 15th / 24 TIR

THURSDAY JULY 16th / 25 TIR

FRIDAY JULY 17th / 26 TIR

SATURDAY JULY 18th / 27 TIR

SUNDAY JULY 19th / 28 TIR

MONDAY JULY 20th / 29 TIR

TUESDAY JULY 21st / 30 TIR

WEDNESDAY JULY 22nd / 31 TIR

NO ALLAH-O AKBAR VIDEO for TONIGHT SO FAR – This is near Sohrab Aarabi’s home

THURSDAY JULY 23rd / 1 MORDAD

FRIDAY JULY 24th / 2 MORDAD

SATURDAY JULY 25th / 3 MORDAD

SUNDAY JULY 26th / 4 MORDAD

MONDAY JULY 27th / 5 MORDAD

TUESDAY JULY 28th / 6 MORDAD

WEDNESDAY JULY 29th / 7 MORDAD

THURSDAY JULY 30th / 8 MORDAD
After protests marking 40 days since Neda was murdered

FRIDAY JULY 31st / 9 MORDAD

SATURDAY AUGUST 1st / 10 MORDAD

SUNDAY AUGUST 2nd / 11 MORDAD

And a new uploader besides y45har tonight!!:

MONDAY AUGUST 3rd / 12 MORDAD
After the day of Ahmadinejad’s pre-inauguration ceremony

From y45har:

And another since this was such an important day:

TUESDAY AUGUST 4th / 13 MORDAD

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5th / 14 MORDAD
After Ahmadinejad’s “Inauguration” Ceremony

THURSDAY AUGUST 6th / 15 MORDAD

FRIDAY AUGUST 7th / 16 MORDAD

SATURDAY AUGUST 8th / 17 MORDAD

SUNDAY AUGUST 9th / 18 MORDAD

MONDAY AUGUST 10th / 19 MORDAD

TUESDAY AUGUST 11th / 20 MORDAD

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12th / 21 MORDAD

AUGUST 13th / 25 MORDAD thru AUGUST 26th / 4 SHAHRIVAR

THURSDAY AUGUST 27th / 5 SHAHRIVAR

FRIDAY AUGUST 28th / 6 SHAHRIVAR

AUGUST 29th / 7 SHAHRIVAR to SEPT 3rd / 12 SHAHRIVAR

FRIDAY SEPT 4th / 13 SHAHRIVAR

SEPT 5th / 14 SHAHRIVAR to SEPT 8th / 17 SHAHRIVAR

WEDNESDAY SEPT 9th / 18 SHAHRIVAR

THURSDAY SEPT 10th / 19 SHAHRIVAR

FRIDAY SEPT 11th / 20 SHAHRIVAR

SATURDAY SEPT 12th / 21 SHAHRIVAR

SUNDAY SEPT 13th / 22 SHAHRIVAR

MONDAY SEPT 14th / 23 SHAHRIVAR

TUESDAY SEPT 15th / 24 SHAHRIVAR

WEDNESDAY SEPT 16th / 25 SHAHRIVAR

THURSDAY SEPT 17th / 26 SHAHRIVAR

FRIDAY SEPT 18th – DEC 25th / 27 SHAHRIVAR – 4 AZAR

SATURDAY DEC 26 / 5 AZAR

SUNDAY DEC 27 / 6 AZAR