The Beeb web page has a collection of e-mail from Iranian protesters.
"I had a telephone conversation with my nephew who is 22 and lives in Tehran. He told me that he had never in his life run the way he did two nights ago when he went to the demonstrations in Tehran. The vigilantes had ran after him with chains and clubs, the reason being that he saw them beating a girl to death and she was bleeding. He said four of them were at her and kicking her in the head, stomach and another one was beating her with the chain he had. So he shouted you sons of the bitches, leave her alone, you animals..... Then they ran after him and luckily he managed to escape from them."
-- Shahrokh Biniaz, Kuwait
Thanks to Andrew Sullivan
Also, ZogbyBlog, brings links to a blog "Notes of an Iranian Girl" and the admonition "If you have a strong stomach, follow her links"
I confess to a feeling of "be careful what you wish for" with these. I want revolution in Iran but feel sorrow reading about the torture and beating these people endure for their shot at liberty. Good luck, brothers and sisters. Good luck.
UPDATE: Whom else but Michael Ledeen to turn to for this:
"You never know what will provide the spark for revolution. The most you can expect from a good analyst is the recognition of what the Marxists used to call a "revolutionary situation," but the crucial ingredient is impossible to measure (which is why the so-called social scientists have never been very good at predicting revolutions). It can only be sniffed out, and the revolutionaries are the first to know. They smell rot and fear coming from the corridors of power. They smell tell-tale odors coming from the undergarments of the doomed leaders. And they sense a wavering of will, a growing pattern of panicky response."